Batch KY-3, bottle 502 of 528 from a blend of 3 barrels. Age clocks in at a min of 14y and 4 months. Other tidbits are the use of #4 char on American white oak barrels and a mash bill of 74/18/8 suggesting Barton as the source. 49%abv and a light copper in the glass with slow tear drop legs. Oak soars from the glass with sweet notes of toffee and earthy over ripe banana up close. The latter rolls into a varnish like note with some leather as well. Faint baking spices and no nuttiness or ethanol that I can detect. Light bodied and spicier than the nose lets on! There’s a burst of nutmeg and allspice with a bit of brown sugar that transitions into over ripe banana, raisins and then a medium long leathery finish with bits of raisin and tobacco popping up for a minute or so. It drinks like an older bourbon and has heaps of earthy barrel derived notes that remind me of an over-aged EC SB but the funky over-ripe banana that screams Barton. It’s not as sweet as a 1792 full proof, and not as balanced as a result. It drinks at or slightly above its proof and is a pleasant sipping bourbon but fails to take me anywhere special. For the $100+ price tag it’s a good example of a well aged bourbon but doesn’t bring along many surprises.