Russell’s Reserve 10 year old

The nose tickles with caramel spice vanilla and earthiness with just a hint of balsamic vinegar.  Warming. Coated with spices ranging from cinnamon to allspice and from coffee to nutmeg. Eventually patented caramel and vanilla with a fun hint of cardamom. The long enjoyable finish is earthy but there’s an unwanted bitterness at the end that cannot be denied. If not for the bitter end this would rate much higher.