Nose: Christmas tree, black tea, leather, black licorice Taste: not much sweetness, oaky bitterness, some kind of sour note - really didn’t get anything that jumped out at me on the taste Finish: minty fresh feeling, faint rye bread After reading reviews: peppery was a good description that I missed - that may have overlapped with what I got as oaky, earthy is another thing I saw that rang true