The nose is incredibly rich starting with buttery cornbread topped with rich wildflower honey then comes chocolate covered candied pecans leading into orange peel and cherry cough drops that finishes with hay, rising cinnamon roll dough and old sun-soaked barn with medium ethanol burn. The taste is a rich mouthfeel starting with wildflower honey covered cornbread, orange peel and cherry cough drops then comes a high tannic oak spice like a burnt piece of whole wheat toast covered with jalapeño peppers that slowly fades to reveal spent espresso grounds and rising cinnamon roll dough along with a high ethanol burn. The finish is long with burnt whole wheat toast, candied pecans, dark chocolate covered espresso beans, orange peel, cherry syrup, cinnamon red hots, golden mill flour and over steeped black tea. This one has a wonderful nose with big, bold bourbon flavors that continues on the taste with a rich mouthfeel, but on the mid-palate it then gravitates towards an overly tannic bitterness that overpowers the flavors until finally fading enough for additional flavors to come through in the long finish. I was able to taste the 2021 version which has rectified the highly tannic issue with a more balanced oak, so here’s hoping 2022 will be dialed in even better.