The eighth version of Yellowstone Restricted Version is right here — as at all times designed to throw a bit of spin our manner. The 2024 expression includes a mix of seven 12 months previous and 17 12 months previous bourbons and is double completed in French brandy and Cognac casks. I’m unsure what non-Cognac “French brandy” is getting used, however, properly, it’s not Cognac, and to that finish, Yellowstone producer Luxco says, “Ending the blended bourbon in brandy and cognac casks from France introduces nuances from completely different spectrums of distilled grapes throughout the identical type of spirit.”
So, I can dig that.
The usage of brandy casks needs to be a tipoff that this will probably be a sweeter type of whiskey, and that’s proper on track right here: The nostril is perky and fairly, loaded with notes of vanilla and butter cookies, chewy caramel and milk chocolate. There’s some char right here, however the sweeter notes tamp it down properly, that char including a mild savory bent to the in any other case dessert-tray liveliness.
The palate stays the course, although the char muscle groups its manner into the extra sugar-heavy components to evoke toasted marshmallow and a few burnt almond components. Amidst the assault of caramel and vanilla arrives some late-game fruit — cherries and peaches, chased with flamed orange peel. The raisiny sweetness of Cognac closes out the end, folding in a darker crimson fruit character and a barely tannic edge, with an echo of that orange peel character.
It’s top-of-the-line Yellowstone LE releases thus far. Examine to releases from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
101 proof.
A / $100 / limestonebranch.com [BUY IT NOW FROM CASKERS]
Yellowstone Restricted Version Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2024
$100
