George Dickel 13 Year Bottled in Bond Tennessee Whisky (Fall 2005)

Love it! Lots of depth excited to enjoy this bottle for some time to come.

Nose: Rich toasted oak, brown sugar, vanilla. There's a fruity quality - banana, peach, cherry. Cream, honey. Rye spice poking its head through - mostly as dried thyme and basil. Tannic and bitter, but in a very appealing way. Palate: Toasted oak, vanilla, sugar. Peaches and cream. Warm bread. Honeyed bananas. Fig Newtons. Dried basil and thyme again, maybe a hint of oregano. Persimmon. Floral, perfume-y quality buried in the finish. Tannin creates an appealing drying quality. Other notes: I don't re-review things so quickly, but I figured this deserved a second look after having tasted it while my palate was shot. Slightly different notes this time around, but my impression is largely the same - this stuff is quite good. The sheer amount of time invested in barrel shows up in some really wonderful ways. Not mad at all about this, especially given SRP. Well executed.

Gets so much better with time. Had it open for a month and about an inch below the neck N(3.25): honey dew. Peanuts. Tiny hit of berry in the initial sniff then take other forms. P(3.25): sweetness that I don’t know how to describe it. Tongue pins all over. Nice spice but hard to find any other flavors F(3.75): spicy coat of vanilla and cinnamon licorice. Oak. Finish is the best part. Long finish.