Nose: Apples! Red apples! Many, many red apples! Juicy pears, fresh, crushed, cider, perry, cider vinegar. One of the most orchard-like of whiskey noses. Some vanilla and a little honey in the background. With time even more fruity notes appear, but nothing citrus. Adding a dash of water mutes the fruit and allows floral notes to bloom and take over the nose. Palate: Sweet and silky at first then a little spiciness shows up along with some polite cinnamon. Cereal flavours emerge in the development but it remains a resolutely light and fruity dram. It gains more sweetness as it opens but the texture is thin and watery and some bitter weak tea-like tannins show up towards the finish. Adding water softens the palate and subdues the bitter tinge. Finish: Medium/short. The cereal notes outlast the fruitiness and the aftertaste is slightly dry and veering towards bitter. There is something reminiscent of a light white wine about the palate. Adding water shortens the finish. An OK Irish single malt that is not going to launch 1000 ships, but may just float a coracle. Pretty much the exemplar for a summary rating of "Average". It's a little narrow and constrained and does not really taste like 10 years old - at least not in comparison to almost any Scottish 10 year old single malt. As a mixer it's friendly but a little too modest - it adds a soft fruity note but not much more. At the price it's not what I'd call great value unless you prize easy-drinking above all else. "Average" : 77/100 (2.5 stars)