Nose- oak, vanilla, caramel, butterscotch, slight citrus. Palate- oaky with wood spices, nutty, vanilla, caramel, salty, malted cereal, fresh sawdust. Finish- more oak and spices vanilla and floral. All in all I really had to search for the flavors but this being higher proof it's still very smooth. the wood over takes the flavor and the whiskey coats the tongue immediately. Not very complex at all but not a bad whiskey.