High West A Midwinter Night's Dram

Love it. Great with dessert. Goes down too easy. Having a hard time tracking down a second bottle!

Nose - Initial nose you can tell it's a rye in that you get the mint, dill, and general rye bread notes, but in addition due to the port finish, you get a rush of wine stewed plums, dark berries, and a very buttery, vanilla creme brulee. Taste - At the very start you can tell this is a rye in that you get the mint and dill notes that I tend to get from ryes. Mixed in there is also the mulled spiced wine, cherries, raisins, plums, dark berries, cinnamon. It has this very velvety and buttery taste, yet dry oak bitterness in there that feels like crushed pits from dark fruits. Finish - Wonderful warming finish of this oaky dry spiciness, maybe from the French Oak?. Spicy cinnamon that finishes with a stewed plums and what I think you'd get if you took ALL the dark pitted fruits and mashed them together, pits and all. 92/100

This is unlike anything I've ever tasted. Truly epic and happy to nose this for an hour, so much to enjoy.

UPDATE: I'm not the fan I apparently once was. There's a mushroomy flavor & nose that I don't find palatable. I'm no longer enamored by the uniqueness and it doesn't really taste like Christmas to me anymore. ---I have Act 2.4 & 2.7. They are very similar to one another. I'm anxious to get a newer bottling for comparisons. The flavors in this are very unique. Cloves, cinnamon & other Christmas Spices. ---