Feels appropriate to state up front that I've had ~3 amburana-aged pours prior to this pour, and have had some hits, as well as dreadful misses... The nose on this pour is truly unique and oh-so-inviting. It is a melange of two breakfast cereals from my youth - Apple Jacks and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Aside from this, there's some cider-y notes, vanilla, brown sugar, and a nice dose of ethanol that creeps in over time. While the nose is the star here, the flavor is no slough off, bringing some of the apple jack/cereal-like creaminess, plenty of cinnamon spice, more raw, red apple, and then Quaker brown sugar oatmeal. It is bourbon...and the base seems quite nice, but this is one where the finishing is what it is all about...for better for worse. Oh, to that end, I could certainly knock this whiskey for the finish...it is short and lacks gusto. I thoroughly enjoyed this whiskey...to the extent that I felt it would be an appropriate first rate for an amburana-finished pour. This exceeded any expectations I had for a $55 bottle, and I would love to stock this bottle for years, both for personal enjoyment, but also to get a 'wow' out of newer whiskey drinkers. This being said, I fully understand some might find this an abomination. To each their own, but for me, this has a place on the shelf