NOSE Oak, grapey cognac, baking spice, copper, toasted bread, leather, cocoa, and vanilla. A nice duality between the cognac and the bourbon here, a very pleasant sniffer. PALATE Dried dark fruit, oak, complex baking spice, cocoa, grapey sweetness, copper, vanilla taffy, and some cocoa. Like the aroma, the palate is heavy and carries a balance of cognac and bourbon. FINISH Long -> Baking spice, oak, leather, and cognac sweetness.