Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year

Fantastic. Smooth as butter. Vanilla? Wood? Not the best ever. Doesnt march the hype. But excellent as can be

A pleasure to finally try. Didn’t check the vintsge, but presumably 2023. The balance and evidence of quality was nuts; mildly spiced, with loads of caramel, vanilla, and oak barrel. It rides a great line between beautiful integration and overbearing influence. Undertones of toasted marshmallow and toffee allow for further layering to really highlight this as being worthy of the hype.

This one reminded me of a more mature Weller 107 with an insanely long finish. A bit of a one trick pony with a huge cinnamon bomb on the front end that fades to a sweet wheater. The finish however is where this dram makes its money. Easily the longest finish i have had with a bourbon. Worth a pour but not sure i would lose my mind trying to hunt this down especially at secondary prices.

Rich salted caramel, cherrywood, dried fruit, vanilla, wonderfully oaky, rich soice similar to clove. The finish is long with the caramel, cherry and clove riding till the end. Incredible stuff