Terry-Williams
Penelope Rio (2024 Release)
Bourbon — USA
Reviewed
August 5, 2025 (edited August 6, 2025)
BATCH // 24-901
NEAT
NOSE - This is like if you had sat down to pour a bowl if cereal. You couldn’t decide between Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Apple Jacks so you chose both. Then, instead of using milk you poured honey over it. I can only imagine the sweet smell that would radiate up from that bowl of diabetes. That’s what you get here.
PALATE - Exactly the same as the nose. Extremely sweet, yet there is a nice balance of the honey and amburana on the palate. The mouthfeel is slightly sticky and viscous.
FINISH - Long. All of the flavors slowly dissipate. Again, very well balanced.
BUY? - ONLY at MSRP. This is good, but not my favorite thing. I think this pour would really shine after eating something spicy as the sweetness of it may be a nice, soothing dram for the palate.
BUY AGAIN? - I honestly doubt it. Ive passed on three more batches of this after getting this bottle because I’m just not a huge fan. I can’t deny it’s good and I see how some people could fall in love with this.
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