On the nose, baking spice like a old fitz wheater. Some sweetness, almost apple pie and caramel. On the palate, rich and luscious up front. Buttery mellow caramel breaking to that baking spice, and a dry, slightly bitter and tanic finish. Its tasty vut a little flat in the mid palate. Its a solid sipper and does not taste its proof until the very end, even then its not super hot