Beauty of a bottle. Smells good. Nothing crazy on the nose sweet baking spice with almost a sweet bbq sauce note. Mild oak. Tastes of faint apple taffy, nice vanilla, caramel baked monkey bread flavor in the mid with some nice heat,some citrus in there as well. Seems to get sweeter with the heat then the dry oak finishes it out. Ends sweet and dry. Well balanced, well worth the price. This is definitely what you think about when your talking about a classic bourbon.