Woodinville Straight Bourbon Port Cask Finish

Better with a splash of water

Aroma is port is dominant making it super sweet but the oak attempts to balance it out, and almost manages to do it, but it ends up needing help from the candy and spice notes… but still falls just shy; Palate runs the same trail but pulls up some touches of roasted nuts and citrus, however, here the port is even more dominating and the whiskey borders one noted; Finish starts cloying but the fade-out to oak and smoke ends up making it not terrible.

Gorgeous color, rich complex smell. A little smoother to me than the flagship, and the port gives a wonderful complex wine aftertaste that lingers. Almost a medicinal flavor but in a pleasant way, maybe some tannins made it through. Medium body. Lovely. If you can spare a bit in a cocktail it makes a great Boulevardier.

Beautiful. Almost perfectly executed. A unique creature in offering family. Really something special. You can almost count the individual staves on the palate, there a lingering, top end port tingle. Straddling the edge of over-oaked, playing chicken with it. Perfect nose.