The nose has some dark bread notes a hint of tobacco and some funky sherry notes. Wood spice cedar and cinnamon. Maybe a faint hint of dried dates. The palate has some tobacco, dark chocolate, dates. The dark bread is back. The finish is long and astringent. There are slight hints of bitter chocolate and a faint whisper of raisins off to the side. There is tobacco and pepper spice in the finish. The mouthfeel is oily and thick. It's quite oily. The only thing negative that I can say about this is that I was hoping for a stronger sherry influence, but all in all, it's a fine whiskey with a lot of personality and a reasonable degree of complexity. It's fairly robust for a 40%, but I think this could easily go to a 43% or even better a 46% and that would bring out more boldness.