Nose: Under-ripe banana and brown sugar, white pepper, toasted sesame, honey sweetness, faint caramel, faint oak, vanilla, coconut, sugary apple juice, butterscotch, subtle caramel sweetness.
Palate: Light body with a warm texture, warm honey, toasted dark bread, vanilla, oak, and light honey.
Finish: Long, sweet oak, vanilla, touch of bitterness, caramel, sharp, astringent oak fading quickly.
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Nose: Balanced oak nose with hints of fruit and dried apricots.
Palate: Initial sweet notes on the front of the tongue. Well balanced mouth feel with spicy notes including white pepper on the middle and back of the tongue from the younger vintage and high rye mash bill. Good balance of sweet and oak flavors including hints of caramel (from the #4 charred barrels, caramelized wood sugar), fruit flavor and rye spice.
Finish: Finishes smooth with no alcohol burn even at 100 proof.
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