I will admit on the first sip of the neck pour I was pretty disappointed, it was very smooth but very bland. I got busy and came back to it about 10 minutes later and it dramatically changed. The nose is still a little weak in my opinion but the palate is now delicious and can get the creamy caramel vanilla and oak notes and it is also surprisingly sweet. I didn’t get a lot of the rye spice through any of it which was unexpected but it was astonishingly smooth for the ABV. To me it was the finish where this one stood out, it seemed to linger on forever and I think I got the most flavor notes from that, now picking up on the cherry especially. I’m hoping this bottle only goes on to impress me even more now that it’s sitting open.