BT has emphasized approachability with this blend and succeeded. As an intro to bourbon, it is a neat (pun intended) and innocuous pour. The nose is sweet; vanilla with a bit of cherry and perhaps some hay. Palate provides mediu. body, light baking spice and cherry coke flavors. Finish is is fairly short continuation of the spice and cherry coke, quickly fading to a memory of sweetness. Good bourbon 101 (class, not proof) blend that will encourage a rapid graduation to a more sophisticated offering such as Blantons or Eagle Rare.