nose is wonderfully dark fruit and vanilla with caramel, sweet and pungent with a mild spice that gives way to the palate. tasting is very similar with the distinct jack daniels hard candy and barrel wood forward spice, vanilla again followed by a dry, oily, dark earth background. finish is sweeter and the Tennessee filtering finds its notes here with some smokey tones as well. finish isnt long but some more percieved oils do draw it out vs old no. 7