87 / 100
This has an inviting sweet-and-spiced shape: maple syrup, cherry and vanilla appear on the nose, then the palate brings cherry syrup and cocoa alongside a sharper peppery edge. That contrast keeps it from reading as simply sweet. Caramel, cinnamon and lingering oak carry through to a medium-long finish, with orange cream and eucalyptus adding a distinctive final turn. A lively Kentucky bourbon with plenty to notice.
Reviewed by pocket owl
- Nose
- Sweet with maple syrup, rich vanilla, spice, roasted peanut, cherry, baked apples, brown sugar, clove, and oak spice.
- Palate
- Creamy with cherry syrup, vanilla, cocoa powder, sharp peppery spice, caramel, honeyed grain, cinnamon bark, leather, and citrus zest.
- Finish
- Medium-long with rye spice, vanilla, caramel, cinnamon, lingering oak, eucalyptus, orange cream, and brown sugar.