Saint Cloud 13 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Honestly this was one of the later ones I had at the WH, so I don’t recall. But don’t remember it being anything special for the price point .

4 Seasons barrel 118 proof I immediately noticed nice, sticky, and viscous legs on the glass right away. Usually a good sign. Nose was very pleasant but didn't smack me upside the head with potency. It was, however, loaded with brown sugar, vanilla, toasted oak, leather, and mint. Plenty of baking spices apparent as well as back notes of lemon and peach. Very complex nose. First off, this is chewy and mouth coating. Beautiful, supple mouthfeel and great proof. Oak permeates every other flavor in this bourbon in a positive way. The brown sugar comes after the oak, followed by vanilla, wood varnish, cherry cola, and leather. Finish has good length but flavor fades to muted notes a bit too quickly for me to consider it elite. Its mostly the oak and brown sugar still, which is pleasant and doesn't dry out the mouth. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed this. Got it as a gift and didn't know much about it. Still can't find much on the actual juice but the owner...kind of ran a winery in Burgundy but had to walk away in some shame it seemed. Well, kudos to this barrel.

Odysseus Barrel Absolutely love the nose in this. Much softer on the nose than the 7yr More fruit forward, light oak, more sophisticated butterscotch Tasting: finished with rye, licorice, fruit doesn’t carry through. A lot more balanced than the 7 year With one ice cube: a lot more decadent, chocolate, faint cinnamon and honey... delicious, a lot more balanced. The oak does not take over.