"Nose- oak, brown sugar, molasses, leather, caramel, astringent, cinnamon, apple, pie crust, nutmeg, vanilla and floral. Palate- apple, brown sugar, rye spice, caramel, oak, leather and nutmeg. Finish- rye spice, apple, brown sugar, astringent and leather. This drinks more like a bourbon than a rye. Blind I wouldn't know it's a rye. It's very good and tastes much older than it's age. The mashbill and river aging really helped this whiskey out. I recommend this whiskey for someone looking for a barely legal rye with dominant notes of leather, apple and brown sugar."