Tastes

On the nose pear, citrus peel, caramel, charred oak, and rye. On the palate rye, vanilla, pepper, and oak. Smooth finish.

Nose of oak, vanilla, dark chocolate, roasted marshmallow, pear, peppercorn, and char. Palate sweet, oak, vanilla, pepper, and caramel. Peppery finish.

Better than expected. Nose of vanilla, char, light rye , dried fruits. Spicy on the palate, with vanilla, berries, and rye. Spicy finish.

Oak, grape, char and vanilla nose. Oak, vanilla, char, caramel palate. Starts sweet with a lightly spiced finish. Pedestrian.

Faint nose of cardboard, tobacco, corn, with cherry and vanilla deep down. On the palate brown sugar, peach and vanilla.

Same as the 13. Perhaps not quite as rich, but really very little difference, as expected. Nose of cab barrel, grape, berry, vanilla, cedar, char, caramel. Flavors of cab barrel, grapes, vanilla and pepper. Sweet finish.

Tasting at Total Wine. Nose of cabernet barrel, berries, grape, caramel, vanilla, oak, and char. Oak, cabernet barrel, pepper, vanilla, and grape on the palate. Sweet finish.

Young. Nose of oranges, spice, wood and cinnamon. Palate light sice, pepper and char.