Distilled in 2000, bottled in 2016 and still 12 years old? But once asked for an explanation and this was the answer from Patrick Zuidam:

The age indication on the bottle (12 years) indicates the minimum age of the whisky that must be in the bottle.
In this case, I selected barrels from an older batch because they matched better with the taste profile that I have in mind for this whisky.

Nose: sherrytones, orange, apricot, other orange fruit, apple, wax, caramel, hint of tobacco, a little floral, also a little bit cool.

Taste: sweet, orange, other fruit.

Finish: not too long. Starts sweet and drying a bit further. HWF VBT 8 # 5

Nose:
Oops! badger! Flower field (the hortensia nursery behind my grandfather's house to be exact). Some savory and a salty smell. Raw ripened red meat. If you squeeze the sherry grains from a barrel into your hands, you also get such a smell, a sherry barrel must have been involved. CHEESE SHOP !!!! That is this scent! (do I get a price now? This is even new to me)
This can still technically go to Mortlach and Ben Nevis.

Taste:
Delicious! Soft sweet, air acid, cream butter babblers, red fruitella and some caramel with cream. But the sweet-sour fruity continues to hold the upper hand.

Body:
Silky soft

Finish:
medium. Here some wood tones come forward, along with some vanilla. But the overtone continues to be fed by sweet-sour fruit.

Comment:
HFW-VBT 8 # 5