64,4°
Distillery : Buffalo Trace - Kentucky
Charred American White Oak Barrel
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Barrel Bourbon
Bottled in 2023
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
In 2016, to mark the 60th anniversary of La Maison du Whisky, Buffalo Trace offered some of its Blanton's casks for exclusive sale in the Paris shop. And the working relationship has been going strong ever since. Every year at Whisky Live, we have the opportunity to taste a few casks of Blanton's Single Barrel, which are then sold exclusively by La Maison du Whisky. This year, there's no change, except that this time it's a tribute to the rivers, the Kentucky and the Seine in Paris. The new batch of Blanton's Single Barrel made available to La Maison du Whisky will therefore be subtitled River Edition. I tasted a drop of cask 11, of which 200 copies are being sold under the New Vibrations collection.
Lets Taste It :
Sticky caramel, icing sugar, almost iodised. Honeyed freshness. Beautiful fullness of wood. Sugar cane, with something slightly boggy about it. Grooves in the wood. A hint of vanilla. On the palate, quince purée, toffee, spongy wood, intense spices, grated nutmeg, pepper and cumin. Melted butter, shortbread biscuit. Barley sugar. The finish is long, deep and woody, autumn leaves, gingerbread, a touch of liquorice and warm earth, brown sugar, candied fruits.
In Short,
The alcohol is perfectly integrated, and the intensity of the flavours is impressive. It's the same thing every year, and it's different every time. Here we have a certain freshness, and at the same time a depth of sweet fruits that is very pleasant. That said, I think I preferred the 2022 batch, at least the ones I tasted. A question of taste, no doubt. Otherwise, the price is really outrageous, but if there are people willing to pay that price, so much the better, or too bad for them.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
The Nortons - Married to the Blues
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