I have found through my journey that I am challenged with enjoying some of the more traditional peat and smoke flavors of scotch, but this tidy little dram really agreed with me. Upon firs sniff I thought this was going to be like a lot of the scotches I didn't really care for, there was a lot of smoke and peat and a little trace of lilac, but its hard to pull out over the smoke of this bad boy. My first sip felt a little over powered by the smoke, so I twirled it around in my glass a bit and it started to open up with some dry berries and cream. This had a very enjoyable mouth feel, but the smoke is the dominant feature here. Quite bitter, but still smooth. Scotch may not be my jam, but this I can get down with.