The nose is sweet corn, candy corn, peanut shells, caramel, grassy herbs and rye grain, but on the tongue the rye hits me right away - it's quite hot - dark rye spice, maybe cinnamon red hors, cloves, black pepper. At the first taste, I would have said this is rye whiskey, and not bourbon, but the corn elements really roll out as the flavor evolves. It's still hot with a lot of rye spice and cinnamon, but I get barrel char, caramel, candy corn, corn syrup. Really nice long smokey finish with burnt caramel and grassy eye. Really great flavor profile, but I feel that the balance is a little off for my taste, and that there are some rough edges that could stand to be mellowed and melded a bit to make this superb. All around good whiskey, all things considered, and this is an excellent winter or fall holiday companion.