Nose - cherry, vanilla, sweet cream, powdered sugar, toffee, light oak, high ethanol burn. Taste - cherry syrup, pineapple, apple, pear, caramel, vanilla, sweet cream, sweet oak, powdered sugar, cinnamon, baking spice, high ethanol burn, finishing fairly quickly with syrupy sweetness and barrel spice flavors with a significant amount of heat. This is a step up from their VS offering, but not quite into sipper territory. I think it would make for a good cola mixer.