I’ve now passed my two week mark for my second vaccine shot and looks like this will be my 100th tasting, so time to open up something special to celebrate. The nose starts with a blast of sherry cask with chocolate covered raisins then the bourbon cask comes in with bourbon soaked cherries leading to tropical fruits of dehydrated mangoes, pineapple, peaches in syrup, shortbread cookies and vanilla gelato transitioning to spices of cinnamon, ginger, leather and old polished oak with light ethanol burn. The taste is a medium mouthfeel starting with the bourbon and sherry casks mixing together to create a cherry and grape caramel explosion that transitions to tropical fruits of mangos, papaya, pineapple, leading to powdered sugar coated bubble gum and vanilla pound cake finishing with ginger, cloves, the slightest hint of oak and light chili pepper spice. The finish is medium length with chocolate covered raisins, mangoes, pineapple, leather, vanilla gelato, shortbread cookies, ginger, cloves and medium chili pepper spice. This is a very complex old whisky that takes time to open up and slowly unveil all of the layers of flavors coming from the mix of those bourbon and sherry casks. Big thanks to @PBMichiganWolverine for the generous sample of this for me to be able to try.