The nose is standard scotch with maybe a little rum influence in the form of sweetness that might hold the faintest hint of banana. There's something a little leathery in the scent too. The palate is pretty standard scotch, but there is some nice rum sweetness in there and a hint of rum firework smoke. It's fairly light on the palate, but it sort of works with the flavor balance. There's a bit much of the generic scotch flavor though. The nose is a slightly rich scotch, but not much special aside from a bit of must. On the palate, the drink is light with plenty of hay at first. There are some smoky, malty, salty allusions to decent scotch that have a fair amount of sweetness, but the lightness and alcohol prevail. The flavor has some minor complexity and the rum sweetness is nice, but the industrial flavor of the alcohol quickly takes over. It isn't undrinkable, but it's definitely not great. Clan MacGregor is better. The nose is scotchy and flat with maybe the faintest hint of orange blossom and a little vanilla. It smells rich enough. The palate is pretty standard scotch with some richness. It's a bit floral in its sweetness, but the backing is a bit bitter in a bad way. It develops less than Glenmorangie The Original and it has stronger off notes, but it is a bit more off in terms of flavor.