Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year

We all have different tastes. But I have sampled, in direct comparison taste tests, 15 of the world's highest rated bourbons. Pappy Van Winkle 23 yr is, overall, my favorite. I can't seem to find a bottle to buy at a regular price, but it is readily available in bars. This and Elijah Craig 23 yr. are my top 2. It sort of makes me wonder about this site and it's tasters when they give an 89 to a bourbon that I and many other professionals give from 94 up. So I look at all the other ratings with great sucspicion; because your tastes are so vastly different from mine. This is phenomenally good bourbon.

Warm and reminiscent of dried apricots on the nose. Smoky with hints of oak and fruit leather with the wonderfully full body of a long aged liquor. This is followed by a warm and very long finish. Now comes the bad part. Some say it is earthy. Kind of like truffles are earthy. I couldn't get over the thought that I was tasting moldy wood barrels. This is definitely worth about $100 if it didn't have that aftertaste. Not worth the kind of money being asked now a days. too many whiskeys out there that are much better in this price range.