I first tried this one at a tasting led by Gordon Muir (see links) in Aberdeen in 2009. I don't have any detailed tasting notes from that event but this was one of my least favorite whiskies that day. However, as often happens when I revisit a whisky I haven't tried in a while, my most recent tasting of Cragganmore in bar was a nice surprise. This time I got fruit in the nose and lots of vanilla and even butterscotch in the taste. Overall quite light and a dry woody finish with a hint of smoke.