Nose: tobacco, leather, baking spice - spicier than cinnamon but not quite clove, black tea, anise Taste: vanilla, malty, oak Finish: hot, oak After reading reviews: I didn’t find this as sweet as the reviews suggest. Cherry did make sense on the taste once I saw that. Fig may be what I got as maltiness - reminiscent of a scotch note. Wonderful nose, but a little too much barrel bitterness from the oak for my taste keeps it from being great overall.