For a "chocolate malt" whisky, it is not very sweet. I do taste a note of cocoa but this is by no means a dessert whisky. There's a bit of oak and vanilla, and no smoke or peat; it's almost bland once you give it a splash of water. It's okay, but I feel like the "chocolate" on the label is misleading because overall it doesn't contribute much to the tasting, and there's not a lot else to make up for it. There are other whiskies I would go back to before this.