A renowned fancy bourbon, Weller 12yo has a very interesting story to tell. It used to be sold in retail stores for abour $20-40 but one day it disappeared from ths shelves, a super hype started and nowadays it is a hard to find whiskey, that goes around $250-350 in auctions and secondary markets. But..m what happened? Well, Weller 12yo has the exact same mashbill as a Van Winkle 12yo Lot B, and it is made by the same company, Buffalo Trace, with the same proof (abv) and it is store in the same warehouse as Pappy. The only difference between the two, is that the "Lot B" is matured in casks which are selected by the Van Winkle Family. After whiskey enthusiasts learn this fact, the demand for Weller 12yo went to the sky. But, are they really the same? Lets see: Bottled at 45%abv. Tawny color. On the nose, very Floral, Cotton candy, spearmint, gooseberries; Red fruits, prunes and Fresh citric notes. After a first sip, it released old oranges, cotton. Lots of tangerine and oranges. On the palate, it is a very enjoyable dram. Wheat, Raw rice. There is some fresh fruitiness; Fruit punch, slight pepper spice. A second sip gave me red fruitiness and mild spiciness as well. Aftertaste wasn't as appealing as the rest of the experience. A dry rice finish, it is like licking a paper. Cereal finish, very short. It gave me gave me a chewable sweet flavor which was nice. Mostly cereal, raw rice dry finish. Overall, in my experience, this was a good whiskey, but nowhere near a Van Winkle Lot B. This makes me think that the family has a special eye for picking great casks. It was actually expected for any distillery to let the best casks go to their best expressions, therefore i never expected Weller to be better than Van Winkle's Lot B. In reality, they are very far from one another, maily because this Weller 12yo has a weak aftertaste in my opinion. I was not impressed, my score for this one is a 76 over 100.