Fafnir187
George Dickel 13 Year Bottled in Bond Tennessee Whisky (Spring 2007)
Tennessee Whiskey — Tennessee, USA
Reviewed
September 11, 2021 (edited January 6, 2022)
Moderate strength aroma offers Fruity Pebbles, corn, vanilla, candied ginger, and…Flintstone vitamins.
Palate opens hard with more Flintstones. Sweet creamed corn, bubblegum, and vanilla creme in the mid-palate.
Finish is quite decent; Creme brûlée, ginger spice, dry oak, butterscotch, buttered popcorn, and black pepper. Sufficiently long. Mouthfeel is lush and velvety.
$47 for a 13yr 100 proof whiskey would normally be a smoking deal, but not so much in this case. I thought 13 years in the barrel might lessen some of the traditional Dickel notes, but it appears it instead intensified them. While there’s some good things here, when the whole thing is awash with vitamins it’s a hard child to love. Quite frankly, I think I’m done with this distillery; the profile just isn’t for me and unlike another distillery with lots of expressions I didn’t care for (Makers), I see no FAE-01 coming along to change my mind.
47.0
USD
per
Bottle
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