
Paid: $30 for 750ml
Distilled/Owned by: Heaven Hill
Region: Kentucky
50% ABV
Aged For: 10 Years
Mashbill: 78% corn, 12% barley, 10% rye
Cask Type: New charred oak
Details: Cask # 3936, barreled 10/10/2007
Color: Auburn
Drank: Neat, in a glencairn
Nose: Fruity with a hint of lime zest and caramel sauce. Oak, corn mash, vanilla, green chilies, caraway seeds, and green coffee beans
Feel: Medium body
Taste: More traditional oak tannin character with leather, pepper, tobacco, citrus, baked apple cinnamon, and cherry
Finish: Medium warmth and length, toffee, oak, pepper, bitter chocolate, rye, and burnt leather
Thoughts: The nose was very interesting, with a lot of fruit and chili, and then became more standard a profile, finishing with a slightly bitter toasted oak sort of finish.
Score: 80 out of 100