New bottle with the 9y age statement. This particular was a barrel select that went in 2011 and came out 2020. Nice auburn color with a nose of dusty oak, cherries, slight banana and tobacco leaf. A tingle of pepper that fades to a slight burned butter, allspice and peanut brittle finish. Body is thin-medium. Subsequent passes reveal some dried dark fruits and more oak, ripe bananas and a bit of sea spray. The nose and palate just don't quite line up. The finish is medium to long and overall it drinks below it's proof. Walking away I feel like this bottle branded itself a pepper and oak bomb without as much sweetness as I'd like. It almost drinks more like a higher malt dram with a decent rye bite and what almost comes together like a bit of smoke and salty peanuts. The palate numbing 120 proof makes me feel like this could almost be medicinal.