3.5 stars - Very Good; 700 ml bottle I am halfway through my bottle and this is quickly racing to the top of my $30 bourbon list. Only Elijah Craig is higher, and he is in jeopardy. Bananas, vanilla whipped cream, cinnamon, chocolate sprinkles, and charred oak. I am getting an element similar to highly aged Scottish grain alcohol. Weird as this sounds, I have a lot of flavor overlap with Compass Box Experimental Grain, sans banana. There were a couple young, spirit forward notes when I opened the bottle. Quickly disappeared after two pours and three weeks of being open. Whoever is running JDs product development deserves a raise.