Nose: deep dark cherry, damp wood, raw leather, vanilla, dark chocolate, smoked bbq. Taste: hot, deep, sticky and sweet. Like a Kentucky summer bbq, plenty of cherry, chard wood, rich chocolate, with a spicy finish. Experience: A piece of chocolate cherry cake at a summer bbq. Notes: the 2018 is fantastic. I personally like the 2017 more but it is still so good. The notes are not that unique but what it does it does the best.