While the nose showcases primarily grain aromas, including cracked corn and peanut shell, it also has notes of white pepper, dark cherries, brown sugar, and Hersheys chocolate syrupa harbinger of things to come. The palate is a chocolate lovers dream, rich and tantalizing without heaviness. Theres also mint, cinnamon, cashew butter, and well-integrated oak; time and water bring out sweet orange. It finishes with milk chocolate, toasted nuts, and lingering cinnamon.