Let me be sincere about this dram, it wasn't what i expected. I held an all sherried whiskies tasting event and this one was by far the worst dram of the night, without being a bad whisky at all. Starward is an Australian Distillery, located in Melbourne, which is famous for maturing their whiskies in barrels that previously held different types of wines. This Solera expression is supposed to be matured in a Fortified wine cask using a Solera system; (its sherry, but it cannot actually be called "sherry" because it does not come from the Jerez Triangle zone in Spain). Bottled at 43%abv, tawny color. On the nose: Banana bread, Brown sugar, ripe bananas, honeycomb, fresh apples, Almonds; Cereal cornflakes, honey candy and Cinnamon. Feels so "Speysider". After first sip, it releases an artificial orange aroma. Letting it breath makes it better, very fruity. After having a second sip, the aroma is exactly coffee with milk. Decent aroma. On the palate, it is not that good. Very standard. Sweet Cinnamon, pepper and oranges. Second sip reveals vanilla and milk chocolate. Coffee with milk once again. Aftertaste is nice but it lacks emotion. Orange peel; Oaky, Coffee beans, Pepper. Very Sugary. Overall this could be a lot better, i expected a lot more. Its more an everyday dram rather than a super rare amazing whisky that you reserve for special occasions. 82 over 100 is a fair score for it.