pkingmartin
Legent Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
February 4, 2022 (edited February 6, 2022)
The nose starts with a mix of sour cherries, diced strawberries and moderate oak spice then black licorice, dark chocolate and roasted peanuts followed by sautéed apples and orange zest that transition to spearmint, cloves and mild oak spice with medium ethanol burn.
The taste is a medium mouthfeel starting with creamy orchard fruit and sour red berries before quickly veering toward a high tannic oak spice that never fades with medium ethanol burn.
The finish is medium length with sour red berries, salted peanut shells and high tannic oak spice.
The nose started promising with a mix of red berries combined with traditional bourbon notes and the taste started nice and fruity but a high tannic spice comes in and ruins the show that never fades until the finish that allows some light red berries and peanut shells but maintains that overpowering tannic spice.
At the price tag of $50, this is an easy pass as there are far better options of Wild Turkey Rare Breed, Wild Turkey 101 or even just $10 more for a Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel.
A huge thank you to @ContemplativeFox for the generous sample of this one to try.
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@PBMichiganWolverine @pkingmartin that would be my first guess as well. The inaugural batch was decent. Not an uncommon tale.
@Scott_E @pkingmartin i think something in the blend has changed. There’s a new packaging as well, a bit prettier. I’m assuming that means also a change in blend ?
@pkingmartin understood. It’s refreshing and surprising when opinions differ. The first thing that goes through my mind, as mentioned, is batch variations. This whole business is a varying science laced with subjectiveness. The collective analysis is always interesting.
@Scott_E Might just be me. I have a low tolerance to bitter flavors.
@PBMichiganWolverine @pkingmartin was thinking the same thing. I thought it was quite good and at a bargain for $39 by me.
@PBMichiganWolverine Seems like the quality has sadly gone down since the first release then.
@pkingmartin wow…wondering if there’s a change in quality. When this first came out, I loved it.
@ContemplativeFox Yep all marketing with a nice looking bottle but terrible liquid inside. @Jose-Massu-Espinel Definitely pass on this one. @Bourbon_Obsessed_Lexington I think I can best describe the taste as a bottle of Barefoot Cab that was opened 3 weeks prior to serving and then someone added a few tablespoons of sawdust to really complete the terrible drink. Once that taste hit, it stuck and wouldn’t go away.
I think what hit you as tannic spice hit me like flat, tasteless, sour wine… one like you, one it showed up I couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth.
wow, i have been looking out for this one. maybe i'll pass
I was underwhelmed by this too. all hype and marketing here.