The aroma is light and balanced. Rye spice, caramel, leather, and charred oak layer in with a savory undertone. There’s a hint of underlying dried apricot that adds a touch of sweetness to the mix. The combination is pleasant, favoring subtlety over big overpowering flavors.
There’s an underlying candy sweetness to the sip. Familiar flavors of caramel, vanilla, and oak are prominent, but there’s a faint sweet, hard-candy like flavor to it as well. A slight dryness creeps in on the backend. Dried fruit, apricot, and a hint of raisin come out as you roll the sip around in your mouth. The whiskey is unusually dry and juicy at the same time, most likely due to its underlying base blend providing the juiciness and its oak stave finishing attributed to the dryness. Nothing about the whiskey is overpowering or bold, instead leaning fully into its complex, subtle side making for a very well-integrated palate.
