Tastes
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Rhetoric 25 Year Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed January 12, 2019 (edited February 24, 2019)Caramel Sweet caramel, butterscotch, mild salty brine, vanilla, oak, tannin, spice leather, traces of dried fruit Sweet and salty caramel, butterscotch, vanilla, spicy notes then medium oak and rye burn 5 to 10 seconds in takes over but mild for Orphan Barrel then moderate tannin fur followed by nutty, leather, sweet butterscotch, caramel, vanilla, maple, cedar, cinnamon notes for very smooth and complex finish Drops of water bring forward nutty, buttery tannin cinnamon notes though butterscotch and maple decline. Would likely do without water. Tasted head to head with the 24 year and the 25 is much smoother with far more complex notes during its long, very smooth finish -
Caramel Sweet caramel, vanilla, very nutty perhaps hazelnut, tannins, m oak Sweet caramel, vanilla, oak burns sharply a couple seconds in then fades to tannin fur then nutty to buttery tannin with notes of soft vanilla, cedar and a mint to finish Drops of water soften the oak burn significantly and bring out the nutty and leather notes though caramel and vanilla less prominent Tasted head to head with 25 year and the 24 has much more oak rye burn, more sweet caramel, less complexity
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