Willett Family Estate Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon 6 Year

Nice light caramel and oak flavor. Some vanilla, but hot hot hot

This is Barrell# 4751, Center Point Wine and Liquors pick. 127.6 Proof After chatting with the owner about bourbon and having been a loyal customer, we went to the back and brought this up. Let’s see how it is... The nose has vanilla, cinnamon, other banking spices. Very Christmas-like. Which reminds me of Rowan’s Creek and the Pot Still. But then there’s a dark fruit note a little further in, like plumb. The palate is hits you with those baking spices big time. It’s powerful, but not over powering like other Barrel proofers. Then it digs into the barrel and you get some nice oak notes. After a few sips I added some water, which it takes well. The finish is nice and long. You get that initial burn as it goes down and then the flavors linger on the tongue. Since this one is very reminiscent of other Willett offerings, I decided to compare it to the Pot Still and Rowan’s Creek. Obviously the Willett 6yr is much higher proof than the others, so it stands out there. But I found that Rowan’s Creek had some nice depth for being 50.05% abv. I think I like the Willett 6yr better, but I’ll have to see at another tasting.

6yr “Crescent springs Tabacco and liquor” Barrell 4750 126.4 proof