The smell is sweet orangy-vanilla with lighter floral closer to a rose than to a honeysuckle. Reminds me of a really nice citrusy floral perfume. The rose smells are close to sweet cherry. The taste starts strong with the cherry and goes straight into peppery spicy but not overwhelming spicy. Leather with hints of bitter oak. A warm thick oily texture. The finish is long and tannic. It fades from pepper spice to oak bitters. This was the 130.0 proof batch.