The nose on this whisky is very nice but dry like red wine dry. Sherry soaked oak is the first thing out the glass, light red fruit, dried fruit (raisin and slight apricot) and lovely vanilla, hint of caramel, cereal malt, almond, and toffee sweetness. Taste provides malt, stewed fruits, vanilla really comes through, there is another sweetness almost like a butterscotch candy, then the sherry, the oak and oak bitterness show up ending in a light alcohol bite when left on the tongue for a long time. Finish is quite long for a highland that drinks this nicely with the vanilla and sweet, the light red fruit and dried fruit at the start of the finish and the the stewed fruit, sherry influence and little dry oak bitterness lingering from middle to end. Better than average and they're using quality sherry casks so you aren't getting that sulfur funk from some sherry casks like Glengoyne.