Isle of Skye 21 Years Old Blended Scotch Whisky
Brilliant, with a copper/amber color. The aromatics are filled with the scents of treacle and toasted walnuts with supporting notes of tropical fruits and caramel, kumquat, and toffee. The palate echoes the nose delivering a toffee-driven core with generous notes of honey, toasted malt, brown baking spices, and fruitcake with hints of smoke and citrus. Medium to full-bodied with perfect balance as it brings together decadent caramel and toffee flavors with spice and oak. $114.99 – 4.5 Stars
Isle of Skye 25 Years Old Blended Scotch Whisky
Brilliant, with a copper/amber color. The nose is filled with the scents of caramel and toffee with waves of ginger biscuits, toasted oak, baked apple, and orange peel with hints of smoke. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a baked apple-driven core with waves of brown baking spices, oak, and apricot stone with accents of citrus and campfire. Medium to full-bodied with good balance, marrying baked orchard fruits with spice and smoke. $206.99 – 4 Stars
Calistoga Star 7 Years Old California Brandy
Brilliant, amber color. The nose is filled with the scents of dried fruits with toasted oak, brown baking spices, and caramel with hints of candied orange peel. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a rich and spicy fruit-driven core with accents of black pepper, clove, oak, and toasted walnuts. Full-bodied and nicely balanced with a dry and spicy finish. $75 – 4 Stars
Four Roses Single Barrel 10-3 T Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Brilliant, medium copper to amber color. The aromatics are complex and seductive, offering scents of brown baking spices, vanilla, baked pear and apple, vanilla bean, and hints of maple-soaked oak. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a caramel and fruit-driven core with waves of black plum and red berries. Full-bodied and ideally balanced with a great length. $51.99 – 4.5 Stars
Four Roses Small Batch Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Brilliant, medium copper to amber color. The nose is gorgeous, offering scents of caramel with generous notes of nutmeg, cinnamon, and dried red berries with hints of clove and oak. The palate echoes the nose delivering a fruit and vanilla-driven core with supporting notes of nectarine, raspberry, and oak with hints of wild mint and black pepper. Full-bodied and nicely balanced with an elongated palate and long, trailing finish. $59.99 – 4.5 Stars
Waterford Whisky Organic Gaia: Edition 2.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Brilliant, golden color with hints of burnt orange. The nose is filled with the scents of steeped grains, earth, orange peel, blanched almonds, shortbread, and brown sugar with hints of chocolate. The palate echoes the nose delivering a spicy caramel and baked orchard fruit core with flanking notes of, toffee, nutmeg, anise, and abundant citrus flavors. Full-bodied while being perfectly balanced with generous spice accents and bright acidity. $89.99 – 4.5 Stars
Waterford Whisky The Cuvée Irish Blended Malt Whiskey
Brilliant, medium golden color. The nose is wonderfully fruity offering scents of crisp red apples with accents of orange peel, fresh herbs, mint, and brioche with hints of tropical fruit. The palate is in agreement with the nose while being more spicy, delivering a fruit and chocolate core with generous accents of brown baking spices, sea salt, citrus zest, and white pepper. Full-bodied with superb balance and great length as it becomes drier on the finish. $89.99 – 4 Stars
Christian Drouin Vintage 1994 Calvados Pays d’Auge
Brilliant, amber color. The nose is filled with the scents of baked apples that are nearly equaled by red fruit with accents of caramel toasted nuts, cocoa nibs, and nutmeg. The palate echoes the nose delivering an incredibly juicy, sweet apple-driven core with waves of French apple cake, butter toffee, and hints of red cherry. Wonderfully balanced with a silky texture that seamlessly marries the complex flavors. $262 – 4.5 Stars
Christian Drouin Vintage — Foursquare Finish 2004 Calvados Pays d’Auge
Brilliant, deep golden/copper color. The nose is filled with the scents of baked apple with a generous dose of caramel, toffee, and brown baking spices with a lovely honey accent. The palate echoes the nose delivering a caramel and baked apple core with notes of dried pear, nutmeg, candied ginger, and hints of clove. Full-bodied with perfect balance as the spice notes and abundant acidity are the ideal foil to the rich, decadent fruit. $144 – 4.5 Stars
Benriach Malting Season — Third Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Brilliant, pale straw color. The nose is intriguing with scents of toasted pale malt and hay filling the nose with accents of brown baking spices, citrus zest, and hints of oak. The palate echoes the nose delivering a sweet, malt-focused core with waves of dried red fruits, toasted cocoa nibs, black pepper, and citrus. Full-bodied and ideally balanced with loads of spice and malt. $165 – 4 Stars
