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Balcones Peated Single Malt Sauternes Cask
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soonershrink
Reviewed December 23, 2021 (edited January 7, 2023)I happened to know someone driving through Waco the day after this released and he was able to pick up a bottle to smuggle into Oklahoma. Somehow both sweeter and smokier than the regular Peated Single Malt, but also less brash and in your face. The regular Peated sees three years in virgin oak before two more years in ex-bourbon barrels. This one has two years in ex-bourbon barrels before three years in Sauternes casks. I thought 3 years in the Texas heat in Sauternes casks would make this cloyingly sweet, but there is a remarkable balance between the dessert wine sweetness and the smoky peat. I'm not saying this is better than the regular Peated - it's different enough that it's own experience, but it is incredible whiskey and at least on the level as the already exceptional annually released Peated Single Malt. Update: spending some more time with this and comparing it to the regular peated, I am thinking now that it doesn’t have quite the complexity and layers upon layers as the regular. I like this a lot, but I’m ranking it just below the regular peated.105.0 USD per Bottle
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