Nose has a soft ripe fruit note, mixed with molasses and raisins. Can definitely detect the rum in the nose. The palate brings more molasses, ripe plum, and faint maple draped in mild rye spice and a medium quality rum. The lower proof is definitely noticeable. The finish is quick and brings back the aftertaste of something I can only compare to coke-a-cola or Pepsi. I want to like this much more than I do. This certainly does not compare to Angel’s Envy rye as this seems rather one dimensional. It’s definitely not bad, just nothing spectacular. Probably good on a hot day.