Tastes

This bourbon is my definition of perfect. The secondary market value is a joke though as is the secondary market as a whole, but I digress. This single barrel is perfectly balanced with the just right amount of everything that makes a bourbon a bourbon. This has a savoriness that hits my palate just right and has a pleasant and subtle-sweetness that comes from the wheat which I find to be absolutely perfect. I also get cinnamon, caramel, and mild oak. Despite all the Weller’s being made of the same mashbill, this single battle is pulled at 97 proof, which is just right for this particular bourbon IMO.

Appearance: Deep tobacco hue and a slight rosy tint given by the finish in the Bordeaux Wine Barrels. Legs: Slow forming needle like tears that taper down to a teardrop right before the surface of the bourbon. Nose: Extremely floral notes at the beginning, heavy wine, fruit (red apple, blackberry, red cherries) rich/ buttery oak. Taste: Not a heavy bite, but a steady and pleasant acidity throughout sip to the finish. Wine as expected, smooth buttery oak like on the nose. Sweet and rich. Enjoyable from start to finish.

Appearance: Deep Golden Tobacco, caramel hue. Legs: Thin, moderately slow forming tears. Nose: Gentle white pepper on the initial whiff, subtle oak, cherry, vanilla. Floral notes. Taste: Good bite on the front, caramel and subtle fruit in the middle, and on oaky-barrel at the finish.

Appearance: Golden Brown with a slight amber hue. Legs: Very light and quick forming tears are close together. Nose: Light caramel, oak, subtle orange peel, Brown sugar, faint ethanol. Taste: Subtle bite on the front, caramel apple, oak, faint bitterness but still pleasing in the palate. Snappy finish.

Appearance: Light gold brown/ amber-tobacco. Legs: Very slow forming and moderately spaced. Nose: Sweet off the bat with raspberry chocolate, white nectarine, and a hint of floral notes/ newly blossomed tree. Taste: A fruity sweetness with a subtle spice/bite, orange peel, light apple pie with nutmeg, fresh berries. Over a pleasant sipper.

Appearance: Deep tobacco hue with a slight rose tint given by the finish in the Bordeaux Wine Barrels. Legs: Slow forming needle like tears that taper down to a teardrop right before the surface of the bourbon. Nose: Extremely floral notes at the beginning, heavy wine, fruit (red apple, blackberry, red cherries) rich/ buttery oak. Taste: Not a heavy bite, but a steady and pleasant acidity throughout sip to the finish. Wine as expected, smooth buttery oak like on the nose. Sweet and rich. Enjoyable from start to finish.

Appearance: Light tobacco-golden brown with a slightly amber hue. Legs: Very slow forming tears that slowly make their way to to the bottom like molasses. Nose: Very sweet and sharp fruity notes, red wine, subtle oak/barrel and grapes, subtle vanilla. Taste: Like the nose, on the front is very fruity with pleasant sweetness that’s moves to the middle with vanilla notes. The finish is barrel heavy with hints of wine and tart grape skin.

Appearance: Light golden-brown Legs: Thicker and moderately spaced tears which slowly cascade down the Glencairn. Nose: Subtle smoke and oak/barrel, vanilla, light brown sugar, subtle cherry. Taste: Right off the bat, caramel-oak, slight fruity bitterness in the middle but not unpleasant. The finish has a very subtle spice that slowly fades into a pleasant warmness.

Appearance: Light gold-brown in color, think of a transparent caramel. Legs: After a couple swirls; tight and uniform tears slowly made their way back down to the body of the Glencairn. Nose: Warm caramel, vanilla bean, subtle oak/barrel, light fruit ~plum and Ranier cherries. Taste: On the front is a light and smooth/ velvety caramel which slowly turns into a pleasant spice in the middle that melts away disappears into a subtly oak and fruity finish.