So I must preface this review by saying that when I opened the bottle and took the first taste, all I could think of was how I was going to slam this in my review. It smelled like tea, and tasted like tea, tobacco, and leather. But a funny thing happened as I tasted it during pours and even more so as the bottle reached the halfway point; it morphed into something else and a host of new flavors came out. I have never had a whiskey change this dramatically after first tasting. That said, on to the review: Nose: Tea, tobacco, and leather (lol) Ok but seriously, in addition to that there's unsweetened chocolate, vinegar, root beer, musty rickhouse, and a savory soy sauce note. Palate is a pretty punchy blast of candied orange, bittersweet chocolate, coffee, and hazelnut. Oh also tea, tobacco, and leather. :) Definitely on the tannic side, but with a surprising amount of complexity which increases with each sip. Finish is pretty short with cinnamon, clove, and menthol. More candied orange when that fades. Mouthfeel is light bodied but fits the profile and proof well. So after thinking I was going to slam the shit out of this, here I am giving it a decent review. I found myself repeatedly coming back to this over and over again to analyze it, and will be sad to see the almost empty bottle go. A weird bird, but at $35 a weird bird worth having around and I will almost certainly buy another bottle.