Tastes

Aroma: Smooth with a caramelic sweetness. Some pecan pie aromatics Taste: Fairly smooth, slight butterscotch followed by a bit of spiciness

2017A Release Aroma: mild green, waxy orris nose. Very slight heat Smooth, mild caramel and lightly toasted but also slightly green oak. A few drops of water smooths it further and broadens the profile a bit giving some roundness. Same taste notes but rounder

96.2 Proof, Bottle Number 384 Aroma very woody and has a savory, dry meat note with some solvent notes Warm across the palette with strong American oak dominating. A few drops of water was barely noticeable.

Aroma has a green note that passes quickly to an acetaldehyde type aroma. Gives way to toasted oak. Taste resembles the nose. Orris type profile that comes off as green and musty. Gives way to astringent, mouth drying woodiness. This was the last bottle on the shelf in this style so time may not have been kind to it.

Nose is spicy and hot and fairly single dimensional. Neat taste is broadly hot, spicy and toasted dry oak predominantly. A few drops of water mellow it noticeably and it gets creamier, sweeter and the caramel toffee notes come forward as the hot and spicy notes recede. Slightly mouth drying in a tannin way