I've had this bottle for a while, it's on its last few ounces. I'll start right out, it's very good. On the nose there's a good measure of wood (as expected), sweet vanilla, cinnamon toast crunch cereal, cherry, dill and slight menthol. The flavor is rich, complex and spicy with cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, burnt sugar and more. There's heat, but its balanced. There's sweetness, but its foundational and not out of place. Compared to Wild Turkey Rare Breed Rye this is a bit richer, slightly less spicy, and delivers more of the barrel notes. It has a bit more of the cedar or evergreen element that I get from Lot 40 and Whistle Pig than the WTRBR offers up, but in neither expression is this a major note. Overall I love this rye. It's a solid choice for the price for sipping neat and it makes for a very complex and suave Manhattan. Recommended.