The nose has some caramelized malt notes, coconut, and orange peel. This has a really wonderful flavor - it's bursting with wood spice, there's pepper, but much more than that there is loads of dried ground ginger, and that lingers from start to very long finish. It's almost too spicy, but is as spicy as can be without crossing that line. There is some wood in the body and finish, but it's far less woody than I was expecting after 26 years in a barrel. I can, surprisingly, still pick up some pleasant, malty barley notes. This is also quite oily and has a robust, rich body behind it. This is something special, I'd recommend grabbing a bottle if you can find it without an exorbitant markup.