BlimpsGo90
Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Select Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
October 14, 2020 (edited December 29, 2020)
Neat. Neck pour. Pinkies Barrel 220. The last BT store pick that I finished off a week ago was epic. 8 to 9 years, delicious sweet oak. A bit off profile. It’s a tough bottle to follow. Unclear on the age of this pick. I would say 6 to 7 years based on the color.
On the nose, this is much more stereotypical BT than my last single barrel. Oak has a mild presence but a cherry note just leaps out of the glass on approach. Cherry pie with a crushed graham cracker crust. Actually cherry cheesecake even. There is this dense creaminess to it. This nose makes me miss that last bottle more sadly. Just a hard act to follow.
Light texture on the tongue. Cherry sweetness dominating. Cherry cheesecake description still stands. Nice bit of oak on the finish. It’s more drying than I would have expected. A nice honey is now presenting itself up front.
Overall, just okay. The more stereotypical BT single barrel I have had yet. No real stand out qualities and the drying finish is a bit annoying. Bummer but that is how it goes when chasing Single Barrels I guess.
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@BlimpsGo90 interesting, buffalo trace is generally pretty hardcore about not advertising the age on their single barrels, they seem against any type of transparency.
@dhsilv2 The bottle that spoiled me before this one was a pick from Crescent Springs Tobacco & Liquor. Had the date on it so I know it was an older pick. But there was just this beautiful velvety oak on the Crescent Springs. It’s going to be hard for any other BT to live up to that one probably.
I was under the impression BT tends to be pretty heavy on around 8 year old bourbon though likely using some younger and possibly up to 10 year to blend it out. It's not a young bourbon as really none of the brands in that 20 dollar range from the BIG buys is. EC is likely still generally around the 8-10 year mark for context.
Is BT usually that old? I always imagined it was more in the 4-6 range.