Nose is pleasant enough with sweets and vanilla. Palate is spiky though. Tastes rough and young. Okay neat and I thought this would make a decent old fashioned, but it's just too spiky and ethanol forward to be pleasant in a cocktail. Finish is medium to long, but that's not necessarily a good thing for this one. I got this as a gift and I just can't see myself buying this. Would order at a bar if if was the only choice aside from rail bourbon.