This is definitely a sherry forward whiskey, and it's not subtle about it. I get barley malt on the nose mixed with sherry notes - some nuts, some raisins, some of the wine elements of sherry. Perhaps a bit grassy. This is a sweet whiskey, but not PX sweet. I can taste the malt and the sherry, but it has sort of a funky sherry flavor that is a mix of raisins, walnuts, with a slight winey/sherry sourness, almost like a fino. I get a blend of caramel, burnt brown sugar, and cocoa. There's also something very herbal and grassy in the mix. I also get a bit of barrel, perhaps a bit of char, and oak spice. The balance is not perfect, it could probably stand a few more years of aging, but that doesn't stop this from being highly enjoyable. The finish is a mix of the barrel spice, perhaps barrel char, sherry funk, and cocoa. The sherry is really a tension between sweet and dry sherry flavors. I don't know what kind of sherry barrels it's aged in, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's a mix of sweet and dry - I get something that reminds me of fino, despite it being sweet overall.