I'm somewhere between a 4 and a 5 but am rating up because it's the sort of thing I'll keep reaching for. Having just come off a solid holiday week of drinking good barrel strength rye, this isn't what I'd serve to rye snob friends. But instead it's a crowdpleaser great for bourbon drinkers transitioning to rye. The port barrel is subtle and doesnt steal from the rye. Though worth rationing in the liquor cabinet, I'm making the conscious decision to get through mine before spring and hope I can score another next year.