Background: This bourbon comes to us by way of upstart distillery New Riff. This bourbon was aged for 4 years before being bottled in compliance with the bottled in bond act. This Bourbon has not been chill filtered.
Nose: Brown sugar, Vanilla, Cinnamon and Pepper with some oak.
Palate: Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Spicy rye
Finish: Medium length, sharp, mostly spice and you can tell its high rye. Pepper, leather, oak, cinnamon, hint of vanilla. Can tell the age from this aftertaste.
Conclusion: It’s not terrible. Maybe it is my bottle or perhaps I need to do it blind but it isn’t bad. You can definitely tell it’s young, but overall it wasn’t disappointing. To me, the price is a little high for what it delivers, so I will not be rebuying this bottle. I will be interested to see how this ages a few years down the road.
Rating: 4/10
1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.
2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.
3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.
4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but better exists.
5 | Good | Good, just fine.
6 | Very Good | A cut above.
7 | Great | Well above average
8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.
9 | Incredible | An all time favorite
10 | Perfect | Perfect