Oh boy. Any time I walk in to a small mom and pop liquor store on a whim and spot a Woodford Master's Collection bottle I've yet to try.. you know it's going to be a good time. There's an interesting mash of different scents on the nose but it's just a tad hard to clearly distinguish as they seem to come all at once. I'm picking up some vanilla buttercream and baking spices such as cinnamon. The nose then tapers off to hazelnut and dark cocoa powder with just a bit of herbal mint at the end. The taste is as interesting and eclectic as the nose. Light, creamy caramel candy is accompanied by some banana pudding to open up sweet. The taste becomes much drier midway; with leather, baking spices and herbaceous mint taking center stage. The tannic taste carries through to the finish with charred oak, leather and just a tiny bit of a citrus twang. But because of the dryness of the accompanying notes, its a bit more like orange pith than freshly squeezed orange juice. Honestly, I think this makes a fine bourbon. Seems the average rating is quite a bit lower here than most of Woodford's Master's Collection but I think its unique and tasty enough to heartily recommend that you try it sometime.