This is a fantastic scotch. I have difficulty finding enough ways to express its goodness. On the nose, just a bare hint of char with slight vanilla and citrus. On the palate, the only thing to say is unbelievable balance. The sweetness is balanced with tartness, Char is balanced with richness, spice is balanced with smoothness. And there is just enough vanilla to go with the fruit aftertaste in the finish. The finish lingers long and fades away with definite peach cobbler and apricot. Since I am not a sweet drink fan, pulling off this peach cobbler trick without it tasting too sweet is miraculous. If you constructed the perfect peach cobbler, with 80% peaches and 20% apricot, with no sugar added, and made a sophisticated adult drink with it...that would be Allta. The sad part about this bottle is its limited release in this particular expression. It would be easy to crawl into this bottle at a cookout in late July during the dessert course, and not come out! Thanks to JWSparta in the Greensboro Buyers Club for sharing. $100 in NC, but for a limited time only $70 at Blackwell's!