Nose: wood, banana, plum, leather Taste: sweet, very sweet like candy also cherry notes on taste. Very impressive finish with more sweetness almsot tastes like cherry cola on finish I flat out love this bottle for $45 you are going to be hard pressed to find a bottle that packs this much flavor. This was my reintroduction into what JD is doing now as i was one who thought it was all old no 7 mixing with coke and ginger ale. Or flat out pounding shots in my younger days just to get hammered lol. This bottle was my gateway bottle into other things JD is doing now and if you havent noticed its pretty dang good stuff.