Nose: Inviting - oak, brown sugar, vanilla. Fruit punch. Touch of char/smoke. Maybe getting some tannin on the nose. Biscuits with butter, pound cake with icing. Citrus oil, baking spices. Dusty books, touch of leather. Palate: Cohesive with the nose, if a little "shuffled" - Oak, sugar, vanilla, and dusty corn. Bananas, apricots, fuyu persimmons. Baked goods take a back seat, though tannin comes forward. Smoke and wood - that mesquite pokes through a little, though not in an unappealing way. Relatively well balanced, though I am missing a little lower palate. Drinks hotter than the proof would suggest, while still enjoyable. Medium light mouthfeel, moderate oil content. Finish: Fruits, oak, vanilla pop up. Tannin bitterness and character show up, as well as some barrel char. Slightly drying, red hots and nutmeg, then caramel apples with peanuts and honeyed cereal grains carry things off to the end. Medium length finish. Other notes: Pleasantly surprised by this one. Unmistakably a product of Wild Turkey and very consistent with their flavor profiles, this has some great character. A solid bourbon, and a great way to branch out (no pun intended) into a slightly different take on the style without getting weird. At times, the more intense wood characteristics remind me of a sherried/frutier speyside - Glenfiddich 15 comes to mind. And while I rarely discuss price, I found this for $20 a bottle, which makes it an easy recommendation, as well as a solid potential re-buy.