Many people recommended this before I could get my hands on bottle. Thanks to a nice little liquor store in town, I finally scored a bottle. It was not what I was expecting as I thought it might be more along the lines of a traditional bourbon since it seems so popular among experienced bourbon drinkers. The nose is crisp apple and a little corn syrup. The taste is fruity and light, perhaps more similar to I.W. Harper and Basil Hayden. There's not a lot of spice or alcohol burn, but everything is well balanced and rather smooth. There is a lot of complexity which you don't get on first taste because the first taste mainly anticipates the apple and leaves you wondering how it's going to hit you. The third and fourth taste is where you start to pick up all the subtle flavors of the caramel, wood, and slightly floral licks of clover honey. I wouldn't call this a "full-bodied" bourbon necessarily as that seems to me to characterize bourbons like Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve. Elijah Craig, etc. It has a nice body, legs are medium, so perhaps a little waterier than I expected. However, it has a really nice caramel color that seems to be more present in thicker bourbons. I don't know much about Blanton's except that it's popular. Whatever they do to barrel and bottle this stuff is masterful. It is more of a fruity & light bourbon in my opinion, and that makes it ideal for a regular drink. The price is outstanding if you buy one at regular retail, but it seems so many liquor stores are gouging prices on this product. That's where the drawback lies since you can get this in the $55-$60 rage normally, but stores who have a bottle or two on-hand charge $99 or more. Then you have to consider why you should pay $100+ for a $55 bourbon when you can buy a $100 bourbon. Therefore, I wouldn't say that it's so good that I'd go out and pay $99 or even $75 for it, but as long as I can get it around the normal retail price, it's an excellent buy.