Nose: tight like a soccer moms leggings on a cold fall morning. Wisps of grain / wheat with small hints of alcohol. Hard to believe with the ABV of 53.25. Boom out of the gate nice viscosity and sweet notes of vanilla, spring grass and wild flowers with a soothing caramel (not your grandparents hard candy). Nickel and dime you for a ride this whiskey does not. It has a nice long finish.