Tastes

The first thing this reminds me of is white wine; I get the astringent, slightly sour and sweet green grape smell on the nose followed by caramel and honey and is carried into the taste. Pretty good, but not particularly interesting.

The nose is fairly standard for a bourbon. The taste is not much to write home about either, though it does have some interesting grassy and lemon notes around the mid palate. Overall, it's a fine bourbon for a good price.

This is one of my favorites so far. Very interesting nose with a lot of papaya up front and a little bit of mango in the back. The usually oaky, vanilla , caramel sweetness with a bit hidden in the nose and taste. Also distinctly lemony/citrusy throughout the palate.

Oak, vanilla, bananas, peanuts, and cherries on the initial nose. Wonderful initial palate with maple syrup, black pepper, leather, plums, and a little bit of orange. It gets boring as I drink as maple syrup and oak takes over the nose and palate. I tried a dram on a different occasion with some water and it only made it sweeter and more one dimensional with some of the initial interesting flavors disappearing.