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1996 BOTTLING FILL LEVEL IS BETTER THEN MOST WE HAVE SEEN.  PICTURE OF ACTUAL BOTTLE FOR SALE.

Color: deep rosy-copper

Nose: (very complex) rich caramel, vanilla bean, maple, honey, musty oak, blood orange, tobacco, antique leather, baking spice (cinnamon, clove, ginger), hints of floral perfume

Taste: (wow - nearly speechless) BIG toasted vanilla, sweet musty oak, thick maple syrup, fragrant tobacco, intense spicy herbal/floral notes, honey, ripe citrus, leather

Finish: long and robust, chest-warming, sweet vanilla, oak, caramel and slowly fading spice