A sample gifted by bourbonjosh24. VERY excited to try this super hard to find whiskey. Even more excited to not have to camp out in freezing temperatures in Colorado to get it. Nose: Front and center super sweet grape notes almost like grape soda (I like grape soda). Yeasty funky notes like you'd get from a good fortified wine like port or sherry. A little background grassy herbal note with some light wood and smoke. Flavor: Whoa! Sweet and spicy up front. More grapey dried cherry and wine notes with wood, yeast, and a background flavor almost like brandy. Tastes a lot like it smells. Not super thick and has just a little ethanol bite. Finish: Medium Long, lingering spice and oak with just a little bit of smoke and ash. Super interesting and unique. It tastes a bit like grape soda and I kind of really like that. Definitely more of a dessert whiskey. If this were more readily available I'd definitely keep this around. Stranahan's definitely knows what they are doing with a cask finished single malt!