Nose Toasty and soft, with lots of sweet malt. Gentle oak, which offers up notes of cinnamon and vanilla.
Palate Rounded and thick, with vanilla to the fore. This is not unlike a kind of alcoholic custard in fact, with more than a suggestion of apple strudel and stewed rhubarb. In the glass it becomes quite woody, and almost vegetal, with a hint of chamomile tea with honey in it.
Finish Good length, tangy and spicy, with a little orange zest and some cocoa.
Overall Spicy and rich, leave it in the glass and it opens up beautifully. Really a very complex whisky indeed.