ABV 50%
A slight disconnect between nose and palate but give it time.
Annabel Meikle
Colorado Bourbon Whiskey Aspen Stave Finished
Expression
Bourbon
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
2014
Year of Bottling
50%
ABV
Colorado
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Ginger and plum pudding dusted with five spice. Fleshy red apples and banana bread with golden sultanas. Water relaxed the grippy rye and opened orange peel and maple syrup.
Palate: Hot, perfumed and polished wood. A curious hint of fermenting beer and rising sourdough bread with cinnamon. Rich oak with gentle glycerine \nand beeswax. \n
Finish: Sizzling twig, then waxy, fruity and sweet.
Comment: A slight disconnect between nose and palate but give it time.
Score: 7.8
Taster
Nose: Fresh pine sap, polished oak, burnt coconut and a hint of vanilla, coupled \nwith lashings of caramel sauce.
Palate: Very spirity, with a wash of slightly dry oak, a little caramel and a hint of dried fruit.\n
Finish: Short with a hint of drying oak.
Comment: Not a great deal to go on here, I'm afraid. It feels rushed and unbalanced.
Score: 8.2
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