The appearance gives me the impression this is heavy on the refilled sherry casks. Rather light in color for a sherry bomb, still a strong amber color that's 3-4 shades darker than golden. Though with scotch, it's always iffy to even discuss the color, this one thankfully lets us know it is natural color! Nose - I've never gotten so much butter scotch on a nose before. Just a huge bomb of butter scotch with light milk chocolate behind it. I have to dig deep to find the dark fruits behind that just absolute dessert bomb on the nose. At the end I get the lightest bit of bready oak to finish it off. A drop of water brings out more of the sherry notes, the figs, raisins, dates, etc. That said there's far more dessert still on here. There's also a distinct cherry like note, I almost want to describe a Manhattan without the bourbon oak. Taste - A total and complete dessert scotch. I'm just getting wave after wave after wave of flavor. Every time I think the scotch is done, I just get another wave of flavor. I've had at least 6 distinct waves just on the first taste. Vanilla, chocolate, butter scotch, dark red fruits, perhaps a cherry, baked cherry pie crust, maybe a touch of ginger. Water oddly brings out a bit more of an alcohol spark and brings in some spices with the oak tannin. I have no idea how I've managed to not kill this bottle. It's absolutely incredible. Make no mistake this is not an older scotch but this is a darn near perfect example of a CS scotch. 4 point score is not something i give lightly, but unless you hate sherry or the 70-90 price points is well outside of your price range, this is a must buy.