The heat in the nose is rounded like stewed apples dipped in caramel and booze. Taste is apple skins and more stewed apples with cinnamon. Mild barrel spice/pepper. The finished wood comes through in the second wave. A little chew brings out some molasses and vanilla creme. Stewed apples is probably the most prominent flavor Ashy finish: cigar box and lightly roasted tobacco. Oak and a hint of pine needles. An earthy finish, like forest floor/brown leaves. This is such a solid, steady, well-balanced Scotch. Pleasant but also full of flavor. And it gives me a comfy, warming sensation inside every time I have it, like a hot drink on a winter's night.