The nose opens up very flavorful. Creamy and buttery, very smooth, not the slightest alcohol noticeable, the peat really doesn’t come across as heavy but more as a nice fatty foundation to this whisky. Very nice. The palate then let’s the peat take a more dominant place and without water it really explodes in your mouth. It offers a very nice Nutella-hazelnut taste with brown melted butter. Add water to bring it down form it’s whopping 60% ABV to around 45 makes it less interesting but at least drinkable and let’s you enjoyed the subtle notes like fruit jam, vanilla ice cream, ginger and roasted caramelized cereal. The finish expectedly long and full. Not bad at all but inferior to the 12y regular bottling. They are hard to compare though because they are really different. I don’t really see the point of this whisky being over 60% ABV. doesn’t do it a lot of good. The nose though is really nice. Worth a dram but would chose the 12y regular over this one any time.