Nose features cherry cola, banana candy (after all, it is Jack Daniel’s), vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, pencil shavings, a musty barnyard note, and clove. Enough ethanol to be slightly distracting, but it’s far from a deal breaker. Palate opens with dark honey, cherry, and vanilla and then a spice bloom of white pepper, and clove. Some slightly sour tamarind in the mid-palate. Flavors lack a little complexity and depth but what’s here is decent. Finish is exceptionally long given the proof and consists of cherry cola, cinnamon bear, an earthy flavor (mushroom?) and the welcome presence of some soft oak. There is a chocolate malt note after the spices fade, which is nice. Mouthfeel is medium bodied. At $40, this is a decent dram. Less traditional bourbon flavor than Bonded, but yet it comes together nicely. I can’t in any way deny it’s a rebuy because I already rebought it once, lol. Just squeaks our a 4.0 rating.