A friend left this bottle at my house and I couldn’t understand why... then I poured a glass. Very light amber with a somewhat vegetal nose, sort of a wet cardboard with hint of cherry candy and marzipan. The mouthfeel is slightly thick and very smooth but flat. There’s some Faint vanilla, almond and still a cardboard funk. Both the nose and palate remind me of Woodford’s (young and unapologetic) wheat whiskey. Finish is short, sort of an overly ripe banana with a bit of pecan and hint if tannin. What it’s not: - harsh - caramel - spicy - leathery - pipe tobacco - oaked - fruit forward What it is: - simple and soft - approachable neat - wheated... if you’re into that sort of thing Just goes to show how tasted change. I don’t know about other folks but this just doesn’t do it for me. I’d lump this with woodford wheated whiskey or bernheim wheat. I think I prefer the faint green cigar wrapper spice of Weller Special Reserve or even the sweeter, spice but still banana-funky larceny over this bottle. At $50 this is a hard pass marketing gimmick for me (full disclosure i would take WT 101 or most rye-heavy bourbon over almost any wheated bourbon at this point).