Bourbon_Obsessed_Lexington
Amador Double Barrel Bourbon Finished in Napa Valley Wine Barrels
Bourbon — Kentucky (Finished and Bottled in California), USA
Reviewed
January 22, 2021 (edited February 24, 2022)
You ever get a bottle of bourbon as a gift and wish people would have just let you drink your own bourbon in peace instead? This is that bottle...
Batch 4, case #2730. Finished in Chardonnay barrels. Others have mentioned other wines but this is Chardonnay only.
The nose has a punchy amount of caramel with tones of raisin, milk chocolate and ritz crackers. Entry is viscous with caramel, grape jam and then a slow transition to a strong vegetal note that reminds me of having a sinus infection. Why.
This may work for some people. Sadly, I believe it is essentially an April fools of a bourbon - a well disguised prank. Never has a finish so ruined a bourbon. I want to drink more and find that it goes away but it keeps coming back. Lovely bourbon - and then something takes a dump in my mouth.
I’m gonna go sit in the corner and burn this off by slurping Bookers mixed with cask strength Makers.
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@Milliardo damn ghosts.
@Bourbon_Obsessed_Lexington I looked over my notes, and I actually liked this better than Hillrock and Jefferson’s Sauternes finishes which is... that’s saying something. For me the one exception to your apt white wine rule is the Boone County Sauternes finish, which of course was super limited and basically unavailable at this point 😔
@Milliardo I just wrote this off as an educational experience. So far red grapes + whiskey = good for the most part. White grapes + whiskey ends like my mouth being Rick rolled.
Did your Booker’s Mark cocktail do the trick? Sinus infection... yes.