Color: Chestnut. Nose: Red wine and freshly-stained wood, with a spicy, cidery dryness. Palate: Rare pork chop topped with cinnamon-spiced baked apples. Nutmeg, gingerbread, and raisins linger. Finish: Some maple and shortbread, but sort of boring. Diluted: Nose is spongy and sweet, like coffee cake. A little more vanilla and less spice on the palate, but the finish is limp and powdery - this is really very good for the price point, but hard to ignore its exit.