Like many others, I decided to mark my 50th tasting with something special, and just so happened to find the last bottle of this on the shelf today. Specifically I got batch MMXVII-B, which is 51% blended grain from Cameronbridge, 37% grain from North British, and 12% from Port Dundas. The nose is both fruity and floral at the same time, and very bright, reminding me of an Irish. A very pretty dram indeed. Maybe this is the grain showing up, or maybe just the marketing on the bottle, but if I close my eyes the perfume that it emits takes me back to being on a date with an old girlfriend... when I was younger and paid attention to stuff like that. The palate is smooth and creamy, with all the vanilla flavors John G and the team want you to find. That vanilla then rolls into a spiced toffee cake.. something that I’ve never had nor sure even exists; but thats what I’m tasting. After that there is just the slightest coconut hiding in the background. Finish is caramel, then pepper, then some oaky barrel notes, and lasts medium long. The sum of all these parts blended together is truly delicious and makes for a great 50th taste. At 100 CAD, that’s like 3 dollars US so a good deal too.