Color: Auburn Nose: Brown sugar, toffee, caramel, plums, stewed prunes Palate: Sharp, sour, bitter, spicy Finish: Fairly short, heat, barley sugar, spicy Bottles at 44% ABV. No info about natural color or chill filtering on the bottle. Matured in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in ex-Bordeaux wine casks. like the nose on this one. The palate was initially rough, but with water it improved. I was hoping for more complexity and a longer finish in an 18 yr. old. A decent dram, but too pricy for what it delivers in my opinion.