Nose is stellar. Chocolate covered honey grahams, fresh cinnamon rolls, vanilla bean ice cream, pipe tobacco, sweet oak. I just want to keep bringing the glass to my nose and inhaling these potent vapors. I can't pick up any ethanol either, and at 60.5%, well done. Very warming but the burn isn't too bad. Viscosity is great. Lots of sweet oak, cinnamon, vanilla bean, and an additional layer of pineapple and some tropical fruit is detectable for me too, which is a nice surprise that I didn't pick up on the nose. Finish is surprisingly dry and a bit tannic. Sweet oak, pipe tobacco, and caramel stay on the palate for a bit but aren't as potent as some other barrel proofs and doesn't linger as long either. A bit of a let down All in all, very good whiskey but the palate and finish don't hold up to the high expectations the nose led me to hope for. This won't be whiskey of the year for me, but I will enjoy it thoroughly.