Larceny Barrel Proof Bourbon Batch A124

Honey is the main note I get, but not overly sweet. Nicely balanced with barrel char. Drinks below its proof.

The nose is mellow but greets you with a burst of baking spices, creamy oak, ripe fruit, and touches kf nuttiness and molasses. Its very smooth and inviting and has those distinct Heaven Hill notes. The palate is somewhat rich and chewy with an immediate hot burst of baking spices, followed by oak, ripe fruit, with touches of vanilla, peanut and molasses behind it. It very full bodied with a great intensity of flavor. It can definitely be a little too spice dominant, but after getting beyond that, there is much to explore. The finish is long and spicy with a lingering heat as oak slowly fades.

Im getting a really nice fruit scent to this one on the nose, almost citursy. And maybe even a nice brown sugar sweetness to it. On the palpate its definitely got some heat to it, with that red hot cinnamon taste to it on the front end, but Im getting this nice oaky taste to it as the sip progresses. Im also really liking the mouth feel to it as it carries some volume to it throughout the sip. I like too how it lingers through the finish and leave an almost toffee taste to it that persists after the sip.

Nose vanilla spice Palate vanilla Finish spice

When I first cracked this bottle it had the typical Larceny profile, but with a big tannic oak bomb. Now it's had time to round out into an excellent pour. The oak is still very much present but not overbearing. The nose leads with oak and rich caramel. The oak, rich caramel contiue to the palate with cinnamon and baking spice. The proof and spice are present as it dances across my tongue. The cinnamon, oak, and caramel linger into the finish before some tannic drying comes in.