By Richard Thomas
Score: B+
(Credit score: Heaven Hill)
Technically, the second spherical of 2024’s Outdated Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond nonetheless got here out within the autumn: even when bottles didn’t attain cabinets (or samples reaching reviewers) till it was formally early winter, the precise announcement was on December 12. For individuals who aren’t very conscious of the calendar, winter formally started on December 21, so the twelfth was nonetheless late autumn! Nonetheless, it was late sufficient to be the ultimate launch of the pink sizzling autumnal bourbon launch season.
Outdated Fitz comes from the identical inventory as Larceny, however meets the bottled in bond authorized mandate: 100 proof, drawn from inventory made in a single distilling yr; matured beneath authorities supervision. As well as, the bonded mandate requires the whiskey to be at the least 4 years previous, however Outdated Fitz is all the time a lot older. It’s usually, however not all the time, a double digit variety of years. This specific installment is an 11 yr previous.
The Bourbon
As soon as within the glass, Outdated Fitz Bonded Fall 2024 takes on a center amber look. The nostril sat nicely inside conventional bourbon territory: brown sugar and vanilla, cinnamon and bergamot. On the palate, the bergamot be aware turns tannic, however the brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon maintain regular. To this, add a merged present of nuttiness and woodiness. The end carries wooden spices, changed by nuttiness because it fades away.
The Worth
Formally, this bottle is suppose to fetch $155 a bottle. Good luck choosing it up for that worth, nevertheless: previous installments within the collection routinely fetch market costs of $400+.
