The nose smells of vanilla, caramel and buttery pastries. Upon deeper whiff, you pick up some dried apricot and a little herbaceous licorice. The palate begins innocently enough, as a bourbon should. Softly sweet caramel and vanilla that was present on the nose. The back of the taste becomes drier, spicier. Cinnamon, rye spice and pepper all carry that taste to to the finish. Surprisingly enough, the finish swirls that vanilla and caramel from earlier with some anise-like herbaceous qualities and is actually not a bad finish in and of itself. For an inexpensive, readily available new core offering from Heaven's Door ( I read it was a new core offering, please correct me if I am wrong ), this one is a solid sipper if not a little soft and one dimensional. Recommended for sure.