There are immediate cooling notes of huckleberries, pound cake and baked apples. The taste pops with spices and a light musky smell kind of like cracking open an old and well loved book. On the end I find toasted hazelnuts and pepper. Returning to the scent there is a hint of milk chocolate. There isn't a huge amount of sweetness as there are spices, but the flavors ebb and flow as each note comes to the surface. This is a smooth whiskey, but has a pleasantly spicy finish.