This is only my second rye whisky, and my first which is a straight ahead rye - the mash bill is 95% rye and 5% malted barley. It's 90 proof, and while there's no age statement it was in the barrel for four to seven years. Coming to it right out of the bottle I found the nose to be spicy oak, vanilla, and cotton candy, with little alcohol sting. The mouthfeel was creamy, the most I've encountered in my short experience. The taste was spice and oak, without much alcohol burn. There's a long finish - spicy, changing to oak. Putting a little water in I got a nose of spice and oak, with some sort of "edge" that I can't identify. The taste begins with mild spice that grows to medium, then fading to oak, with a still creamy mouthfeel. The finish gives strong spice that quickly fades to oak, with the spice returning to mingle with the oak. I next poured a new glass and let it set for 10 minutes. Thereafter the nose was cotton candy, vanilla, and something fruity that had Apple in it and perhaps banana. The palate surprised me, beginning with spring water leading into the spice of the rye, a fruit note that might have been strawberry, with a tinge of oak underneath. The finish starts with a quick note of oak that leads into a long taste of oak. The mouthfeel is now lightly creamy. This is by far the most complex whisky I've yet encountered. It's a taster's delight, but for casual drinking it may require more attention than I'll want to take away from whatever else I might be doing. I paid $15.49 for a 375ml bottle.