Nose: fruit, vanilla, honey Palate: fruit, vanilla, honey, raisin, oak. Very mellow. Finish: long complex, smooth, warm finish I tasted this as part of a sampler pack with the 12 double cask and the 14 Caribbean cask. The 17 was significantly better than the other two to me. The 17 is similar to the 12 but with more intense, and complicated flavors, and a longer finish. The 14 Caribbean rum cask is a different creature with its rum nose and taste.