Nose: Like waving your hand toward your nose to smell a freshly popped jar of prunes, plums, pommagranite and cherry jam. Afternotes of vanilla, dark chocolate and mild coffee grinds. Pallette: Mild intro to vanilla with a pop of sweet port wine. The taste comes and goes quickly with a short after flavor of cherries. Very subtle alcohol. General: Sadly it lacks the spice of a true rye. Very much a whiskey version of port wine that would work well with desserts and possibly cigars.