Contains (1) Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Select Bourbon Whiskey and (1) Hillrock Barrel Select Solera Aged Bourbon Whiskey.
Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Select Bourbon Whiskey
This is the impressive final result of a special program graciously offered by the master distillers at the Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Through their barrel program, we tasted through a selection of single-barrel Buffalo Trace bourbons and selected our favorite, which the distillery then bottled. The result is our very own Wine Anthology bottling of a single barrel of Buffalo Trace bourbon! Whereas normal Buffalo Trace bourbon is a blend of whiskies from several barrels, this unique bottling comes from a single cask and shows off a different side of the signature Buffalo Trace style. This deep amber whiskey has a complex aroma of vanilla, mint and molasses. Pleasantly sweet to the taste, notes of brown sugar and spice give way to oak, toffee, dark fruit and anise. This whiskey finishes long and smooth with serious depth.
Hillrock Barrel Select Solera Aged Bourbon Whiskey
Hillrock's Solera-Aged bourbon made history as the first American whiskey to be aged in the centuries-old Solera method used traditionally to create exceptional Sherries, Ports, Madeiras, and Cognacs. After aging in Hillrock's Solera and Oloroso Sherry casks, this unique American whiskey was then finished in fine Shea Vineyard Willamette Valley Pinot Noir wine casks. The multi-barrel aging of this copper/amber whiskey with slight chestnut hues offers a nose full of bright red fruit (ripe cherries, blackberry and plums) and sweet desserts (taffy, crème brûlée, creamy caramel and candied almonds). Warm vanilla and cherries — with sweet notes of toffee and French oak complimented by a bouquet of floral and fruity notes — complete the palate before leading to lingering rye spice, dried plums, allspice, nutmeg and vanilla flavors.
