Nose is straight up sweet sticky Christmas fruit cake. The kind actually made with love with plenty of dark fruit. Also plenty of oak. Palate off the bat makes me think rich fig Newton and a rather strong black pepper. Then I get the sweet dusty corn and oak. The pepper spice lingers. Very different from any other bourbon. A Texas profile that would never be mistaken for anything from Kentucky or Tennessee. I see a lot of keyboard “master distillers” saying Treaty Oak needs to age this longer. From my understanding the benefit of making whiskey in Texas is it ages fast and the downside of making whiskey in Texas is it ages fast. Age it too long and it becomes over oaked and undrinkable.