Nose of Banana, caramel, some pear (and other fruit), and fried banana sweetness. Taste isn't ultra smooth and you can taste char from aging barrels; but reasonable smoothness. Besides the char you pick up a lot of oak and a typical level of rum sweetness (aged in both virgin oak and bourbon barrels), a slight "skunkiness" in the after taste that's not over powering, and a subtle banana taste though oak is the predominant flavor and they're definite vegetal notes in the taste. Good, not great.