Conclusion:

A slightly off-putting nose for me at first but that clears given time to breath (you should give old whisky the time it deserves). A very expensive single malt whisky but a pleasure to try nonetheless.
Thorfinn was a man of much power and influence, who at one stage controlled the whole of the Orkney Islands. The Orkneyinga Saga described him as a great chief, the tallest and strongest of men whose remains are buried in St Magnus Cathedral on Orkney.