Batch KY-01 Nose is really dominated by cherry, dark chocolate and mild oak. There is clove and then some banana laffy taffy scent. Some marshmallow, coconut oil and sweet chocolate show up the longer the whiskey sits in the glass. Tobacco is the prominent note towards the end of the nose. Flavors pop immediately. Banana sundae appears. Cherry syrup, chocolate fudge, vanilla, and then some oak creeps in with a little black pepper on towards the back of the flavor ride it puts you on. Mouthfeel is pure velvet. Finish is ginger snap cookie with heavy dusting of granulated sugar. There is a little leather and tobacco that flash before a nice warm oak and carmel syrup finish off the sip. The finish keeps going and leaves that little banana bread note. There is a certain barrel char and dusty funk here that makes you want to sip again and again. Excellent release! Phenomenal complexity here from some Barton bloodlines. One of the best bourbons I've had.