Nose: Neat: very sweet mouth watering caramel, vanilla, molasses. Faint oak. Faint cherry and nuttiness With water: waaay more nuttiness with water Body: Neat: full, bold With water: medium to full, looses a little bit of its bite Palate: Neat: packed full of flavor, caramel, vanilla, spicy With water: I found this to be very peanuty, like peanuts dipped in caramel. Really extremely good. The very last sip I got a hint of cherry. Finish: Neat: very long and smoky sweet. With water: still long maybe not quite as long. Note: 1ounce from don. Oh my god that is good. The first sip was like a firework of flavor, classic bourbon flavors caramel, vanilla but vibrant dancing on your tongue and brining some heat. I love the finish. A long smoky caramel is how all bourbon should be. I’d like a bottle of this. Yum! A taste from Jared. This time around the heat hit me first along with caramel and vanilla standard fare but there was some sweetness hidden in the heat. Jared felt the heavy char was not kind to this dram but I think, while not as good as last years version, this is still very flavorful. I got smoky caramel on the second sip. I’m drinking it neat and don’t get any of the nuttiness I got before. Noses like smoky caramel and vanilla. I like it. Not as much as the rye but this is good