Jason_Hall
Maker's Mark Private Select Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
September 17, 2019 (edited September 30, 2019)
This is a Private Select bottle from My local store Pour Vous in Hendersonville, TN.
The staves they chose are: 2x 46, 6x Roasted French Mocha, and 2x Toasted French Spice.
I’m excited to try this after having the regular Maker’s 46 and loving it.
I’m also going to do a side by side with regular makers, 46 and this private select.
The nose definitely has some oak going on, with baking spices, some sweetness, a little vanilla and some corn and dark fruit on the tail end.
The palate has a really nice thickness to it. I definitely get a lot of oak and leather along with some musty barn which I love. I also get some corn in there too.
It’s sweet too, but just the right amount for me.
The finish is long with a little burn, but really nice.
I really like this store pick. It’s definitely reminiscent of the 46, but with its higher proof and different oak staves, the private select has its own somewhat unique profile. Though on the initial side-by-side, I think I like where the 46 goes a little more than the Private Select.
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