This bourbon has a well-balanced nose of vanilla, oak, and caramel, with one extra cool flavor: strawberry gumdrops. Compared to the nose, the palate seems hollow in some ways, featuring some corn and sweet caramel, but not much else. I kept tasting it and wondering when more flavors would emerge, but it presents the same solid if unexceptional flavors. The finish opens up with apple cider and baking spices, some astringent oak, and then has a lingering heat. It's hotter than I expected at this ABV, and not quite worth the $70-80 price tag it commands.