Having a hard time with the nose - maybe toast and a hint of banana? Baking wheat bread? There is a bit of mint on the nose. Strong vanilla flavor, quite minty. Considerably more spicy than I expected, it has a bit of a black pepper bite, especially on the finish. Someone mentioned bubble gum, I do kind of get that flavor- like the old kind that you'd get in a pack of baseball cards. I also get a little banana along with that, maybe like a banana bread. The finish is dry, I feel like the mint lingers into the finish. Definite whole wheat toast in the finish. Enjoyabale, but not anywhere close to what I was expecting. It has quite a bit of spice, despite not having tons of rye.