The nose is just great - it’s rich, warm and inviting. There’s a maple syrupy sweetness, charred oak and warming baking spices. It’s like turning the furnace on for the first time in fall... The first sip starts out smooth with strong oak and spice and a bit of leather across the mid palate. The body is excellent and could easily be under appreciated bit is oily and heavy. The sour mash comes out more on the second whiff and second sip is more cinnamon and clove, oak and milk chocolate. The finish medium, warm and spicy with a milk chocolate and cherry sweetness. Just fantastic. The proof seems higher on the palate than the label but isn’t offensive. The flavors are rewarding enough to keep me coming back. Complexity isn’t nuts but it’s no one trick pony. I’ve revisited this and the more I do so the more it’s grown on me. Time will tell how it stands up to barrel strength single barrels but it easily beats any off the shelf FR single barrel I’ve ever tried. Should be on anyone’s radar and we’ll worth the price compared to many others in the $50 range. This next to a bottle of Rare Breed or Russel’s Reserve and possibly a Buffalo Trace for the faint of heart would make for a wonderful starter [bourbon] bar.