16: There's a hint of vanilla and maybe the slightest waft of malt on the nose. It's a really nice nose for a vodka. The vanilla has a fairly rich character with but a tremendous amount of sweetness. Yeah, there really is that malt there. The flavor is nice and clean with substantial spiciness. It's not super rich, but it does have some flavor. The spiciness is quite prickly. There's some nice vanilla rather than rubbing alcohol. There's a bit of a melon fruitiness. There's some mild earthiness too. The palate has really solid complexity for a vodka and still manages to avoid most of that rubbing alcohol flavor. Yeah, that natural earthiness really comes out. There's some graininess that has to be rye, but it also reminds me a bit of potato. It's really solid, even as a sipper. I'm currently thinking 16. There's a lot of white pepper spice and maybe a bit of black pepper too. This is actually a fairly mild vodka, but it's still fairly complex and tasty. Definitely not a 17, but it might be a 15.