How do you rate a whisky when youth defines the complexity. It's an issue oddly on all my reviews tonight. Nose - YOUNG, spices, citrus, and yes earthy. Taste - So this is spices, citrus, vanilla. Then we got some oak, light earth, darker vanilla. A toasted barrel oak even. A really nicely made whisky, doesn't offer the value of the 12 or 18 tomatin but it's unique. Would I buy it again? no. Would I buy it again for 20 bucks? No. Am I glad to have tried it? I'm not upset. 1.25 score - I don't get it. It's and there's quality to this, but I'd never push anyone to waste money on this one.