Blanton's Single Barrel La Maison du Whisky 2022 c. 1

 

 

 

63,35°

Distillery : Buffalo Trace - Kentucky

Charred American White Oak Barrel

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Barrel Bourbon

Bottled in 2022

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Totally Unpeated

 

 

 

La Maison du Whisky has taken exclusivity on a selection of 4 barrels of Blanton's, all aged for a number of years which remains mysterious in the famous warehouse H of the distillery, where Colonel Blanton stored the barrels for his personal reserve, where the first Blanton's Single Barrels were laid out in 1984. It's also the only part-metal warehouse in the United States, I don't know what that means, but it looks impressive. The idea that I find attractive is that each cask has aged in a different place in the warehouse, in order to see if this influences the nature of the distillate. These four casks were bottled on the same day, July 28, 2022, two were reduced to 50°, two others remained cask strength. La Maison du Whisky sees this as a tribute to this famous warehouse, this series is therefore nicknamed 'Tribute to Warehouse H'. Cask n°1 is the rarest of the four, only 210 bottles were produced, sold by La Maison du Whisky, with the blessing of the Antipodes label.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

Right away, very well-balanced nose, brown sugar and caramel come together with vanilla, and it's perfect. A few discreet meaty notes, fried bacon bits. Fine and dusty earth. Cinnamon, saffron and curry. White fruits in the background, amber, sweet potatoes. Pepper mint. Conifers. Syrupy on the palate, thick. Genoise, vergeoise. Caramel coming out of the pan, still hot. Charcoal, creosote. I feel the humid and heavy air, like those days of great heat, under the mangroves. Expressive spices, paprika, parsley, cloves, As it comes into contact with saliva, it becomes more friendly, with notes of praline chocolate. Finish not as long as I would have liked, powerful and rich, still on brown sugar, nutmeg, a touch of salt. Mocha cake.

 

In Short, 

So it's excellent, superb, what can I say ? It's very good. It's not too sweet like most Bourbons, the corn and caramel blend together beautifully. The sale price by La Maison du Whisky is relatively honest, well it's still very expensive for an ageless product, but given the current Blanton's rating, I expected far worse. On the other hand, the price explodes as soon as you leave France.

Score : 91

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

                                           The Highwaymen - Me and Bobby Mc Gee