Rating: 10/23 I've heard good things about it and oh my was it some effort to track down, but I got my hands on a bottle. I don't expect to be amazed by this, but I'm hoping it's competitive with Ancient Age at least or preferably Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star, or Even Buffalo Trace. N: Ah, a very typical Buffalo Trace nose. It has that sort of tangerine light caramel on top of some mild but musty wood. It's a fairly light nose, but not so light that I'm worried. There's a bit of slightly youthful caramel beside some vanilla and an occasional hint of peanut. Honestly, I'm enjoying this nose. P: Way too light. Sweet, thin, watery. Prominent spice (cinnamon and just generic something) on top of a flat wood flavor with some very light caramel that's kind of young, with just a hint of anise. I am impressed that I don't get much of the alcohol flavor in here and where I do it's pretty clean. I won't say that this is bad, but it's definitely not good and it's too light to be used for mixing. much of anything - except maybe a bourbon variation on a traditionally tequila or refreshing highball cocktail. F: Spicy wood with some vanilla at first, then it gets sweet with an underlying lightly spicy long tail. - Conclusion - I don't really enjoy this and I don't see much use for it either. It's not actively bad and I can finish a glass, but considering that it's unhealthy, I'd rather not drink it. I think an 11 would be seriously pushing it here. Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star (12) and Buffalo Trace are seriously better. I think even regular Anicent Age is more complex. This is probably going to be a 9 or 10. I'm leaning toward a 10.