More floral than vanilla on the nose at the beginning, but you do get a hint of American wood already in the background. Once you take a dip sweet vanilla quickly disappeared and comes some dried fruit, I was expecting some raisin but I cannot find it. And yet again it was quickly over shadow by spicy and almost but not quite burn wood taste which lingers to the end. Definitely not a boring whisky but it won't be my everyday as I personally don't like way too much bitterness of that wood. I don't mind the dry tea on the finish but not that bitterness.