I really love red wine and port influence on whiskeys so I had to try this after reading the reviews. It is well balanced, and the red wine barrel influence adds a dried fruit sugary oak flavour. It is smooth with a burnt sugar aftertaste really delicious for 39$ and unique I do think it tasted like my pike creek port barrel whiskey before they ruined my life and switched it to rum cask so a new fave for sure wish it was 35$ like pike creek though as there is a lot I like at 40 :)