Initial nose is all crme caramel & orange marmalade, evolving on the palate to include wild strawberry & vanilla cream. The finish is long & lingering with notes of shortbread, orange peel & a whisper of herbal mint. An exemplary selection of mature grain & malt casks from North British, Strathclyde, Cameronbridge, Glenfarclas, Ben Nevis, Balvenie, Kininvie, Glenfiddich, Alt-a Bhainne, Auchroisk, Glenallachie, Westport, Speyside & (of course) Macallan distilleries, blended & married in first-fill Oloroso sherry butts. While others blend to produce year-in, year-out consistency, each edition of the exceptional blend will offer a whisky that is authentically individual, possessed of its own qualitative & stylistic distinction.