Prominent cherry note on the nose along with oak barrel. The palate is oily and tastes like cherry cough syrup with some baking spices, vanilla, and a coffee cake thing. Pretty hot but drinkable without water. I prefer it with a few drops of water. The water being out the cherry and baking spices. At first I was a little turned off by the cherry cough syrup note but have grown to enjoy it as I haven’t had that prominent of a cherry note before. This is a barrel pick from Gresham Liquor Store and I have not seen cherry mentioned much in reviews for the whiskey. Guessing I may have gotten a bottle from a special barrel :)