I’m really puzzled, and not a little disappointed. My bottle doesn’t taste anything like Stephanie Moreno’s tasting notes, or like most of the other bourbon fans’ descriptions. I think the problem may be that it’s over-aged, considering that the label states that the whiskies in the blend were distilled between 2005-2008, and that I prefer richer bourbons aged more in the 8-10 year range. Maybe this says more about my taste preferences than about the whiskey, but I sure wish that I’d spent that $100 on a little younger bourbon instead. Here are my notes: Nose: very faint nutmeg and a touch of oak, but pretty much drowned out by a moderate ethanol punch. Palate: hot entry, light-to-medium viscosity but silky due to low tannins, and very dry. Flavors are pretty closed. Not much fruit. Some dry wood, but not sweet oak vanilla. Added about 10% water and waited 10-15 minutes for more development and for some of the alcohol to blow off: only a little less heat. The nose opened up with notes of leather and some sourness, but palate showed there was not much change in the muted flavors. In a word, insipid.