Phenomenology is Phenomenal. Har har. Okay sorry that was lame joke to open up this review. Back in late 2018 I was holding out hope that I'd actually find one of these bottles at SRP locally. Of course, with the proliferation of self proclaimed "whiskey connoisseurs" flocking the streets of sunny Southern California, that hope would never come to pass. I all but forgot about this bottle. And then, deep from within the depths of some forgotten storage room somewhere on the east coast, a bottle was found. And I was notified. Yeah I paid dearly for this bottle. But this could have been my last chance, my fleeting opportunity to taste the one that was never to be. The nose smells of apricots, citrus and peaches swimming in a bowl of sweetened cream. It tails off with the familiar smell of vanilla mixed with some baking spice. The first thing you notice about this whiskey is the mouth feel. Its so creamy and rich, its really quite dessert like. Sweet peaches and melon opens up the taste, followed by vanilla and baking spice all riding that creamy feel throughout. There is a drier quality between the taste and finish, as the creaminess subsides; that actually really reminds me of their core offering "Spice Tree". That dry taste reminds me of some slightly worn leather goods. The finish is a tad bit waxy and does start spicy but melts away to that familiar drier finish. As that taste all but subsides a faint kiss of honeydew comes out of left field and then is gone in an instant, leaving you feeling a bit disappointed. I wish that sweet melon finish wasn't quite so fleeting. Overall a wonderfully complex and delicious blended whiskey. Was it worth the wait and price? Eh, 50-50 but you can be the judge.... if you can still find a bottle that is.