The nose starts with a mix of light pineapple, toasted coconut and leather then dark chocolate covered macadamia nuts and mild pipe tobacco followed by chalky orange sports drink, sautéed apples and cherries that transitions to light baking spices and polished oak with medium ethanol burn. The taste is a medium mouthfeel starting with a mix of grilled pineapple rings, toasted coconut and leather before a mild peppery spice that quickly fades to dark chocolate covered espresso beans, macadamia nuts and mild pipe tobacco followed by chalky orange sports drink, sautéed mangoes and cherries that transitions to light baking spices and polished oak with medium ethanol burn. The finish is medium length with grilled pineapple rings, toasted coconut, dark chocolate mocha, chalky orange, light oak spices, leather and mildly ashy oak. For being finished for around 22 months in rum casks, the rum influence is rather subtle on the nose that I’d likely have missed if I was tasting this blind, but that rum influence becomes more dominant on the taste while not overpowering those typical bourbon flavors before finishing tropical with mild earthy spices, chalky orange and ashy oak. At a price of around $160, it’s a unique finished bourbon but just doesn’t seem worthy of that high of a premium for 10-year-old Tennessee whisky with a rum finish and I’d much rather spend that on plenty of other bottles half the cost that I prefer over this one. Thanks @PBMichiganWolverine for the generous sample.