On the nose heavy vanilla notes with underlying oak and woody staves coming through. First sip has a quick flash of oak and black pepper then followed by leather finish and really nice linger and burn as it goes down. For a higher proof this one is good neat. Dark chocolate is pulled close to the top of the profile from the depths of this one with a cube of ice. Ice severely softens the pepper burn and turns this one into a dangerous one. Good for sipping any way you like it!