- Nose
- Deep, rich, sweet notes of butterscotch, caramel, baked cherries, and brown sugar, with baking spices like cinnamon and clove. Hints of vanilla cream, lacquered wood, and sometimes corn sweetness, root beer float, or dark fruits like plum and grape.
- Palate
- Caramel and brown sugar, with cinnamon, wood char, and syrupy black cherries. Can also feature minty herbaceousness, vanilla, black pepper, and a rye-forward profile with licorice, fennel, and tropical fruits like pineapple.
- Finish
- Long and warm, with lingering notes of brown sugar, cherry bakewells, eucalyptus, and mint. Oak, spice, cinnamon, ginger, and sometimes oily charred meat or licorice.