Nose: Burnt brown sugar, vanilla, oak, char. Dusty corn. Honey, orange blossom. Really jumps out of the glass. Grassy and herbaceous. Cinnamon. Cocoa. Biscuits. As it sits and opens up, peach, strawberry, and banana. Palate: Oak, char, tannin. Burnt sugar, toffee, vanilla. Yeast. Barrel bite. Cinnamon, nutmeg. Dried basil. The proof is definitely prevalent, and this stuff has a beautiful, oily, lingering finish. Definitely takes it's time. Finish starts off with bitter chocolate, vanilla, and buttermilk biscuits. Evolves with some nice heat - prickly - and orange bitters come in. The heat surges more before everything fades away, leaving behind charred oak and leather.