I’ve heard people say you cant go wrong with 4 roses single barrel. But, as a single barrel product this does very. The bottle I have here is proof of this. This barrel is quite bad. nose - vanilla, carmel and astringency Palate - vanilla, bitter, drying, astringent, tannic, Finish - peppercorn. short, dry, bitter I was reluctant to try another bottle of this since my first bottle was so bad, but i love MGP and New Riff high rye bourbon, so i did eventually buy a replacement. Thankfully, the new bottle is much better and has more traditional sweet corn, rye and caramel notes.