Note each single barrel will be different in some way or form. I have a friend his Blanton's is cinnamon redhots mixed with alcohol. Mine started out very thin and two dimensional especially on the nose as it was all honey sweetness and oak. Since I've sipped on it and it has opened up it is still honey sweet, but the cinnamon and clove have come around. Heavy oak note has faded into a secondary note with the vanilla and brown sugar. No caramel on this bourbon/Blantons. Taste is vanilla, honey, cinnamon, oak and fruit. Baking spices and cinnamon intensify at the end going into the finish. The finish itself is medium long with the cinnamon and honey/sweetness in the forefront and with the fruit and touch of oak being the last things you are left with. I do believe Blanton's is much better than average but not good enough to warrant such high prices, worse yet even higher secondary prices and stock shortages. Even ECBP and Stagg Jr pack more for less cost and are more available around me. Would love to A/B Elmer T Lee as it's said to be better than Blantons most barrels to barrels despite it's lower availability and proof and again higher price.