Like a better version of Talisker 10 which is already great. The precocious 10 year old goes through puberty and becomes a mature adult. The Talisker profile of brine/sea and smoke with additional sweetness and refinement. It's like they rounded some of the sharp edges off the 10 year. Those sharp edges are good and give character that is enjoyable but this makes it a more subtle and nuanced dram. Very well balanced. I much prefer Talisker to the overpowering Islay whiskeys which I am still trying to understand...