Nose: Caramel, oaky, sawdust, cherries, nose hits hard with high proof. Taste is sweeter than the nose, very cherry, light oak, the high proof is hidden in the taste, very easy to drink. Front end is all sweet cherry, gets a little sour like a dried fruit toward the back end. With a smaller taste, the sweet cherry is the primary flavor. With a larger taste it leans toward cherry coke. Oaky mouthfeel and cherry tartness linger on the palate with a burn from the proof.