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We reviewed Blade & Bow 22 Years Old when it first arrived in 2015. Since then, there have been further, if exceptionally restricted, releases, one in every of which was this fall in celebration of the Stitzel-Weller Distillery’s 86th anniversary. The distillery’s posh new cocktail lounge, The Backyard & Gun Membership, even encompasses a “tasting expertise” centered across the bottle. On a current stop-in, I made a decision to revisit this luxe expression, 1) as a result of it got here with a handblown Terrane tasting glass (I’m a sucker for schwag) and a couple of) as a result of our impressions six years in the past have been exceedingly optimistic.
As a refresher, it is a bourbon constructed from a number of totally different, well-aged whiskeys, no less than some (however I’m assuming little or no) of that are nonetheless reportedly drawn from authentic Stitzel-Weller bourbon shares. It’s bottled and aged at this time Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville. Is it nearly as good as I bear in mind?
Completely.
It stays, as ever, an exceptionally well-built previous bourbon, not overdone on the wooden notes and showcasing a vitality in aroma and taste that you simply don’t typically discover in bourbon of this age. On the nostril, the oak is expressive and well-seasoned however not damp or musty. Wealthy notes of vanilla bean, candied ginger, and fig jam current uncommon complexity. The palate, oily and rounded, options notes of stone fruit and caramelized sugar that recall to mind Linzer cookies with apricot jam. A delicate little bit of campfire smoke enhances the well-developed oak notes that erode in a sublime end of vanilla custard and a warming trace of rye spice. Nonetheless nice stuff. And I received to maintain the glass!
92 proof.
A / $450 / diageo.com [BUY IT NOW FROM DRIZLY]
Blade & Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon 22 Years Previous (2021)
$450
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