Willett Family Estate Small Batch Rye 4 Year

N: poncho, vegetal, lemon iced tea, dijon mustard, T: mint, sweet tea, CINNAMON F: cinnamon

Vanilla swirls up front with a sharp spearmint hit. Then come the herbaceous flavors. Dill, chives, oregano, thyme and green peppers. Cherry cola and acidic grapefruit on the mid-palate. Pepper, oak and leather wrap up this dram while the cherry cola remains. Really incredible. The flavor profile and how it unfolds really work in harmony together. One flavor never drowns out the others.

Tried neat. It is smooth and earthy on the nares with notes of black pepper, caramel, oat, mint, fresh cut grass. First touch to the palate it’s smooth with a bold amount of mint, spearmint to be more specific, with notes of honey and cola. Leaves beautiful legs on the glass. Not particularly typical of a rye for me which makes me love it even more.