The pour is a clear, blonde straw. Tasted neat in a glencairn. Smokey nose, rubber boots, saline and seaweed, umame. This tastes like a tidal pool with a sugar rinse. Oaky, peaty, iodine. But the sweet doesn't meld. Reminds me of JW Green label. Curiositas maybe better integrated, but its not quite as complex. They are comparable, however. The Green leaning more to its Islay roots, the Curiositas leaning towards the Speyside. I'm going to pass on buying this for $65, but I'll have it at a bar anytime. With the prices of scotch whisky being impacted by politics and tarriffs its hard to judge value, but I'm feeling like I can do better for the same money.