Smell: char, smoke, sweet Taste: char, oaky, smokey, sweet Finish: medium, long char finish Runs a bit hot and there is quite a bit char (to be expected of texas bourbon). However, it does have sweetness as well. My first bottle of thos was a banger, however, this bottle is aged 8 more months and the boyrbon has picked up a bit too much from the barrel. However, i like what they are doing and like I said, the first bottle was a banger - will revisit on next release. Note: age is 32 months