N: Cinnamon and medicine scents. Some wood. More ethanol than I would like. Not getting much else. P: Very spicy from start to finish. Lots of wood and wood tannins. Maybe some bland vanilla custard and caramel sneaks in under the cinnamon spice. Little sweet corn sweetness early, then turns overly bitter on the finish. The more tactile feelings of this - the spicy, the sweet, the bitter - overwhelm any specific flavors for me. It's not a pleasant experience. Maybe I got a bad bottle or something, but this is the first Four Roses I've had that disappoints. The Small Batch Select is fantastic. The basic entry level Four Roses is a great value. This middle ground bottle is a hard pass for me. Given the generally positive reviews here, I'm inclined to think there's something off in my bottle, however unlikely. I'll give it another shot someday, but not gonna be in a hurry for that.