Nose - sweet and perfume like, vanilla, some spice. Almost the smell of a cookie box with cardboard and dry sweet cookies. Taste - Sweet and pepper spice with browned marshmallows, oak, vanilla and some white pepper. It says more sweet than spice. Mouthfeel is thin and drying. Finish- More vanilla flavor, tannic dryness, and a touch of leather. Really dries out the palate. Some interesting bits and I like the flavors a lot but the dryness brings it down a pinch for me. Might be a great option with steak to cleanse the fats from your tongue though.