Ok, I had a bottle of this over a year ago and wasn’t the biggest fan of it. I am however a huge fan of the Russel’s Single Barrel (especially certain store picks) and Wild Turkey products in general. I had the Russel’s 10yr recently and thought I’d give it another tasting. The nose has a decent amount of vanilla sweetness, a nutty note, dusty corn, a little rye, and hint of oak and some light dried fruit notes. Overall it just smells watered down. The palate has more vanilla sweetness along with a noticeable bitter note, some dried fruit, light caramel and oak The finish is medium and has more bitterness along with vanilla and light oak. I guess my problem with this one is that it just tastes watered down. Like I had a pour of Russel’s Single Barrel with an ice cube and forgot about it, but still drank that mistake anyway. I appreciate the age on this, but at 90 proof, it’s just not doing it for me. When your base product is 101 proof and is so delicious, it’s hard to take it watered down, even if it has a little more age. The bitterness also affirms my belief that some whiskeys turn bitter if you add too much water.