Not as tasty or smooth as I would expect from price ($60-65 USD) and the expert reviews. It smells very smooth and a little toasty, woody turpentine and oak and slight hints of sweetness and vanilla. My palate is pretty coarse so I can't smell or taste much more than that. But the overall taste is very harsh. More harsh than Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 year (matured in rum casks--guessing by taste, El Cheapo Bacardi), which I call overpriced (~$70 USD) based on its harshness. That and Auchentoshan Three Wood fall into in a similar taste category for me (with Aberlour 12 and Glenmorangie Lasanta 12), although Auchentoshan is far more woody with a complexity, the details and range of which I can barely sense, but is far beyond my ability to taste!