Cracked open this bottle to celebrate achieving a long term goal of being accepted into an MBA program. Been saving it for a special occasion. I'm comparing it with standard Lot 40, one of my favorite Canadian ryes. Nose is much jammier as expected, still the sweet maple rye, but with dark fruits and berries. Palate is truly incredible. Sweet cherries, raspberries greet you, followed by a maple and brown sugar. The finish starts with blueberry pancakes and then gets very spicy and oakey. This is so good I'm regretting that the bottle will eventually be finished and I may never have this again. A great celebratory dram though and surpassed expectations.