This will come to you as overpowering if your new to Islay, not for beginning whiskey drinkers obviously. I wish the smell came off more distinctly, but the taste makes up for it. An explosion of flavors once you swallow your first sip, trying to find out the flavors that come at you but its comes at you so fast, its like you're Lucy at the Candy factory trying to keep up. A glass of this demands your complete attention and in the end you're rewarded with a white ash finish.