A year open. Plenty of time to open up. Heavy oak and, according to my wife, baked apples on the nose. Sweet wood and apples. To taste: tobacco and leather; smokey. A sweet, medium finish. Honestly? I want to love this. I really do. But it's only a few points above average. I'm yet to try regular Blanton's, but if this so-called "premium" Blanton's is anything to go by, I'd take Eagle Rare any day over this. Especially at the premium price of Blanton's. The fact that people will overpay for this on secondary is unbelievable!