Nose- Wonderful rye notes of dark rye bread, butter, and jam. The nose was fragrant and deep. Palate- warm buttered rye bread, a hint of rye seed, honey, and some wonderfully sweet milk chocolate to round it all out. This has an incredibly nice richness about it. My compliments to the chef on this one. Finish is long with some notes of clove and honey. Almost like a freshly baking ham. The warming is nice and gradually even. Overall- This one knocked my socks off. My expectations of a 4-5 year straight rye were not incredibly demanding going in. This bottle though made me stand up and take notice. The wonderfully warm flavors of butter, honey, and melting milk chocolate balanced by the rye and cloves really hit the mark. This was an older bottle brought by a friend. You can be darned sure I will be looking for another bottle of this Wisconsin based gem.