Heavy peat, dry burning peat and some dark cherries on the nose, slightly medicinal too, but much less then the Laphroiag 10. Maybe a little bit chocolatey? Definetly darker, heavier elements. Palate is beautiful. You can feel the sherry influence as dark fruits like cherry, berries or plums, not much nutmeg/hazelnut if there is any. One of my best whiskey experiences. UPDATE, Finally bought a bottle I feel much less fruity sweetness both on the nose and palate. I believe because this is a fresh bottle, and the bar in which i tasted it had a bottle which has probably been open for a while. So this smells like a very heavy, intense, oily peatsmoke. Like if you throw seaweed fresh out of the ocean and throw it on a bonfire. I had this reverse experience with Laphroaig 10. The first tasting, was dry ashy burnt out campfire smoke, and tire amd seaweed with barely any sweetness but if there was any it was strongly medicinal. Then i forgot about it for like 4 months, and after that i recognized heavy citrus-ish mango-ish very nice sweetness. So im guessing, after a couple months, i will find the vanilla and cherry like flavora again UPDATE The halfway through the bottles it opens up to delicious tropical fruits like pineapple and mango. Fun Fact: if you taste a Kilchoman Sanaig with this, A-B comparison, the Lagavulin will taste like sour fresh apple juice. Wonderfull