N: Well, it smells like Jack Daniel's. But where I find the Old No. 7 to have an almost comical banana candy character (which I still like), here that banana turns into a banana custard creme brulee with an extra thick torched brown sugar cover. There's also toasted marshmallow, vanilla cream, wood notes, mineral water, cola, and a dash of root beer concentrate. Finally, decent amount of ethanol, but it's well behaved and doesn't ruin the nose. (Edit off the bottle kill pour: aftershave on the nose. I'm not mad though. It works.) P: Sweet with more of that banana - now leaning more bananas foster with caramelized brown sugar and a light but crispy flambeed crust. Healthy drizzle of milk chocolate in there too. Then there's some toasted nuts, toffee, molasses, and baking spice. Finish is hot-ish with plenty of cinnamon, little bit of cayenne, and then more toasted nuts tossed in a medley of baking spices. Good bit of oak and barrel tannin too. Not long ago I tried the Old No. 7 after years of avoidance (because I remembered it tasting like olives - no idea why), turns out I really like the JD profile (for the price, anyway). So, guess I figured I should try others in the line. This is an appropriately grown up JD for the step up in price. In fact, I think it's actually kind of a bargain - 94 proof, single barrel (with barrel and rick numbers at the neck), and plenty of complexity for around $40? It's not quite as good as like a Russell's Reserve Single Barrel, but it's not far off, it's interestingly different from the Kentucky single barrels, and the price is right. I'll be picking this up again.