Tastes

Brown Durham dominate nose with a buttery undertone and raising. Super smooth fruitier than one would expect from a rye. Light finish but highly drinkable. Spicy in the front with little hint of rye. Super balance.

Fruit forward with clear cognac heritage but carrying some herbal notes with spice. Drinks way under its proof. Cardamom up front of the palette. Absolutely quick drop in flavor with hardly any finish. Not my bag, at this price.

Cardamom heavy nose, with some dark fruit undertones. Plenty of sugars on a second sniff. Palette totally departs from the nose. Wood tannin undertone with sweet layers on top. Complex, non-offensive and sophisticated. Really stinking good.

Very sweet brown sugar and honey nose with some fruit undertones, maybe raisin, but not overpowering. Sweet notes dominate the palette with a rising spice climaxing near the finish. Finish is long lasting with pepper and tobacco notes. No wonder I can’t find this, it’s excellent!

Nose is the strength of this dram, chocolate hazelnut with earthy undertones and brown sugar. Palette is is very thin stewed fruit, junipers finishing softly spicy and lots of oak, like licking a stick. Some will like this for its soft texture. I think this punches below its price and 8 year age statement—too watered down.

Bright fruit-tones nose, mainly apple and pear. A little spice up front of light pepper notes and darker fruit notes with a short finish. This is excellent and a hidden gem at its price.

Floral nose with apple juice undertone. Palette is spicy and big up front molding to apple and light oak flavor. Very good, not aged enough to be amazing.

Nose has a tiny spice and lots of maple, some of cognac notes can be found if you dig. Maple leads the palette and falls flat quickly. Feels thin and tinny... like most CRs.

Has a bourbon nose, brown sugar, vanilla and baking spices. A little more sophisticated than the 12 yr, but also a little shorter finish and a little flatter. Tea notes have weakened and cayenne pepper overtone remains from the 12 yr. More wood tannin and a tad sweeter. Not worth the exorbitant price difference. This might be fun at cask strength.

Nose is a weak but pleasant rye and baking spice. The front of this was a pleasantly smooth rye dominate flavor with shortbread undertone. The profile soured into a tinny and bitter finish, like licking the insides of a stale flask. Finish hovers too long with this dreck. Life’s too short for this kind of crap.