Nose- leads with rye and spice, you smell the proof. There is some fruit. Apricots or other ripe pit fruits. Taste- grass and rye with citrus peels. Abv spikes on the tongue but less than Bourbon Rare Breed. Pepper. Finish- Rye, duh, brown bread, Almost a salty finish. Cardamom pods. Green apple slips in at the end.