This has a nice rounded nose. Oak with a dark, subtle vanilla greets you at first, and there is some cherry trying to fight through that never fully gets realized before turning into a nice maple syrup. The first thing I noticed when I tasted it was how incredibly easily it went down. The only other whiskey I've had go down as neatly was Blanton's. Despite being 91 proof, there isn't much of an edge and the bourbon flavor profile shines through clearly. It hits all the classic bourbon notes: cherry and leather, which has a hint of tobacco for a second, and sweet oak. There is some saltiness under the sweetness before the finish that gets slightly nutty. That ultimately turns into a nice caramel-vanilla-oak with a medium length finish. A drop of water gave all the flavors a megaphone to stand out a little more while rounding them off a bit more as well. This is a perfect introductory bourbon or a great anytime dram that will play nice regardless of what mood you're in. I originally mistook it for their US*1 American Whiskey, which is aged in used oak barrels because of how rounded everything was (and because the menu I ordered off of wasn't totally clear which one it was). I bought a bottle of this after thinking I had tried the American Whiskey US*1 and it turns out what I had at the restaurant was the bourbon. Really blown away by how rounded everything was despite still being aged in new oak barrels.