Nose: Maple. This smells like a boozy, fresh maple bar from your favorite donut shop - incredibly sweet. Also some pine sap. Vanilla, icing, nutmeg, cinnamon, dill, etc. Unmistakably rye. French toast. Peppermint ice cream. Toasted oak, toffee, apples. toasted english muffin with cultured butter and honey. Meyer lemon, grape jelly. That sweetness and maple combo is really throwing me. Palate: There's that sweet, maple icing again, though not nearly as overpowering. Brown sugar, vanilla, oak, and pine again. Anise, dill, clove, hot cinnamon, thyme, toasted and cracked black pepper. Lemon, honey. Strawberry, red grapes. Tannin brings texture and bitterness. Solid overall balance, with the mid palate out of little more, and the upper palate pulled back. Medium-light moutfeel. Relatively high oil content. Finish: Very sugary black licorice, scone with lemon icing, grapes, apples, vanilla, and oak all swell into play. Pine again, too. As those fade, nutmeg, clove, blueberries, and honey, along with a slightly herbal (rosemary)/vegetal (fresh cut grass, bell pepper, canned black olive) note, with that underpinning of sweet black licorice and oak in place. Chai. Reminded of a blueberry pie with extra spices added to the crust. Long finish. Other notes: The moment I popped this I knew it would be unique. That maple character hit me and grabbed my attention. At each step of the sip, I was surprised, but the finish made me literally say "woah". I'm not a big fan of licorice - in fact, I generally hate it, but it shows up in a way here that's balanced, interesting, and inviting. The only thing I find objectionable here is that the nose is so overpoweringly, almost sickly, sweet. Definitely not something I'd recommend to everybody, but unique, interesting, and with plenty of depth to go exploring. Very glad with this bottle purchase, and a potential recommendation, though not sure if it's something I'd re-buy.