Woodinville Straight Bourbon Port Cask Finish

Not nearly as good as the Woodinville Straight Bourbon for some reason, despite loving Port finished whiskeys. Very dry.

Blind tasted against Bulliet and Buffalo trace. This is #1. Very nice flavor, sweet smell, lots of flavor.

New wood, vanilla, and some astringency (walnut skin?). Theres plenty of juice from the port finish all over the nose, palate, and finish. It’s a bit youthful in flavor but otherwise very solid.

Smooth with a port flavor and sweet finish

Delicious. Tasted like werthers and almonds with a fuzz of citrus.

Washington, hmm the state known for glacier water(beer), IT companies and some very cold ocean frontage, now wants to be a "bourbon" state? Yea ok, well we'll see about that. Having tried the standard Woodinville earlier I procured a few samples of the port finish, maybe it can impress where the plain jane failed. Indeed from the top you get a nose of vinted grape sugars, in fact a lot of port on the nose and maybe just hints of vanilla and honey creep up along with a bit of astringent barrel tones. It's not at all bad. The first sip reveals a good bit of that barrel wood astringency, apparently a good effort to live up to the "Wood" in the name. The port sugars are feint, in fact very faint, and are quickly drowned out with a bitter leather note. Even with extra port finishing this still comes off as a very dry bourbon. The "fruity" profile claimed on the bottle notes just don't seem to be there for me. The barrel wood tones just dominate and finally on the finish I get a bit of the vanilla and sugars. Giving this a bit of time with a few drops of water in the Glencairn this just does't seem to have much else to offer. I'm sure some might find more value in this than I, but then I am a bit spoiled on the good stuff from Kentucky. Maybe it's the Non-limestone glacial water, the colder climate, the fact it's a startup on the left coast, or all of the above, you be the judge. There just isn't anything here that I would pass up a 6 year old Kentucky bourbon for. This will be a pass for me. Cheers!