If you like wood in your bourbon, you will like this. Some days I think it is amazing, other days, it seems like the wood overwhelms it a bit. But, that is what makes this bourbon great. I wish I could give it 4 and a half stars, so I rounded up. I buy it whenever I can, if it is not marked up too much (less than $40, but harder and harder to find at this price). I like it better, overall, than Blanton's.