15: The nose is sweet with that young malt character. It reminds me both in smell and flavor of Westward, though this is more flamboyant. The palate is sweet and super malty with a taste of youth, but still a viscous smoothness. It's also really nutty. I eventually settled on chestnut, but the description says pistachio. I get where they'd find sort of a pistachio paste in here. The flavors are all good, though I'd really like to try a more aged version of this. The 1/3 buckwheat mix works really well. There's a fair amount going on here with subtlety and still prominent flavors. There is a bit of an odd vegetal funk from the buckwheat (at least, I think that's where it's from) that I don't really love, but appreciate the complexity of. There's some kind of rich milk chocolate too and a bit of spiciness that is (surprisingly) more prickly than like baking spices. This is thoroughly drinkable. Definitely at least a 15, though there's a broad range above there that it could be. This is a stellar example of a young whiskey.