Keen on satisfying my current Blanton's fixation I've decided to try two of their Japanese market bottlings this evening, the first of which is Red. The nose is very sweet and rich. Smells of butterscotch and brandied cherries which falls off into some dampened oak chips. Sweet spices hit your tongue strong and fast. Cinnamon and nutmeg and they bring with it a prickling tongue sensation. As the taste fades away into the finish a sweet and delicious caramel and vanilla wave dissipate the spicy heat for a prolonged moment. As you're left with a salted caramel type taste right at mid tongue, the faintest hint of rye spice and a little of that cinnamon and nutmeg spice carries the sip into your memories. I don't know that any bourbon can be as good as Blanton's Original Single barrel but this is special in its own right. Spicier and fuller bodied than its less mature, more common single barrel sibling, this bourbon hits just right on a cold rainy night.