It is really dynamic on the palate, shifting from toasted oak to baked fruit then twisting sideways to toasted cinnamon bread and poached spiced apples. Each sip lays down one other layer of darkish flavors (tobacco, fig somewhat leather-based) to construct up the wealthy end.
BOTTLE DETAILS
STEVE’S NOTES
SHARE WITH: Any bourbon drinker, particularly wheated and double-oaked bourbon followers.
WORTH THE PRICE: It is somewhat steep for a bourbon that is solely 4+ years previous, however it’s a well-made whiskey.
BOTTLE, BAR OR BUST: Attempt it at a bar first.
OVERALL: Stone fruit and baking spices fill the nostril with dessert-y goodness, and the mash invoice’s wheat content material turns the entire into fried fruit pies. It is a beautiful dram to smell for lengthy intervals. Oak and darkish chocolate ultimately creep in because the second barrel (a heavy toast with a #1 char) reveals as much as remind the drinker that oak will be extremely floral and fruity with out being merely woody.
It is really dynamic on the palate, shifting from toasted oak to baked fruit then twisting sideways to toasted cinnamon bread and poached spiced apples. Each sip unfurls one other layer of darkish flavors (tobacco, fig somewhat leather-based) to construct up the wealthy end. Simply the slightest tannin builds stress throughout the palate with out overwhelming it–unlikely at 4+ years previous anyway. A remaining sip delivers an eye-watering spice bomb that snakes down the gullet, warming the best way at each step.
BRAND NOTES
NOSE: Tobacco, chocolate, baking spice, cherry, cinnamon, oak, brown sugar, dry spices.
PALATE: Leather-based, tobacco, cinnamon, oak, citrus, smoke, tannins with an earthy dryness
FINISH: Cherry, extensive lingering, spice
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