**** - Colorless; impeccable clarity. My initial impression is one of rye bread without caraway seeds and also rye toast that’s just slightly burnt at the edge, but as the aroma mingles with air it grows in intensity; by the second passes, the aroma is keenly peppery, round, slightly fruity and ripe and pleasantly engaging. Entry is completely dry, tightly wound, intensely grainy and rye bread-like, with sideline notes of snack cracker (Ryvita comes to mind in a nanosecond) and rye toast; midpalate mirrors the entry, adding little more to the in-mouth phases except for a taste of freshly ground black pepper. Aftertaste is spicy, lean, desert dry, and slightly toasty. - Spirit Journal.