The nose is rich and syrupy starting with grade a dark maple syrup poured on top of buttermilk pancakes then candied pecans along with fruits of sautéed tender cinnamon apples, sour cherries and candied orange peel on top of vanilla ice cream leading to bitter high percentage dark chocolate, leather and old polished mahogany with medium ethanol burn. The taste is a syrupy rich mouthfeel starting with chocolate covered pecan clusters followed by cinnamon apple fritters, maraschino cherries and chalky orange sports drink that then transitions to a mild spice that fades to ginger, cloves, nutmeg, leather and old polished mahogany with medium ethanol burn. The finish is long with caramel covered sautéed tender cinnamon apples, toasted coconut, honeycomb, mandarin oranges, dark chocolate, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, leather and old polished mahogany that lingers for minutes. Barrell has really put together a fantastic bourbon here that brings in all those traditional bourbon flavors but ramps them up to create this rich decadent bourbon experience that lingers long after each sip. These are priced at $200+ which I think is justified for the age and easily outclasses a lot of some of these new premium bourbon products coming out today, but for me I’d still take a Garrison Brothers Cowboy over this one.