Sazerac Straight Rye 18 Year Old Whiskey (Fall 2009)

Rich Sophistication

Reviewed by
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Rex Alban

Date:

5th Oct 2010

Reviewer rating:

90

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Tasting Notes by Rex Alban

When I read that Jim Murray had given the title 2010 World Whisky of the Year to an American Rye Whiskey I was somewhat bemused. So much so, I went out and bought a bottle. Not of the Fall 2008 but the Fall 2009.

It's now early Ocotber 2010 and the bottle is half full and I feel more confident now about giving this complicated whiskey a just review.

This is the first non Scottish whisky I have drank and it's been a very pleasant experiance.

The Nose: is boiled sweets like pear drops, very fragrant and herbal with mint, fruity too with maybe a cherry richness, but there is also wood and tobacco maybe an old leather sofa, very complex in deed.

The Palate: is an onslaught of lively refreshing rich sweet fruit giving way to toffee and mint, turning bitter, now sour fruits, lemons, cinnamon, tannins,

The Finish: is medium to long, warming with red fruits ending with sweet cinnamon.

I don't drink this often, at £90 a bottle can you blame me. But when I do it leaves me feeling good.

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Whisky details

Distillery/Brand:

Sazerac

Bottling:

ABV:

45%

Colour:

Amontillado Sherry

Sazerac Straight Rye 18 Year Old Whiskey (Fall 2009) Rich Sophistication Reviewed on 2010-10-05T17:35:00 scoring 90/100 by Rex Alban

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LeFrog

LeFrog wrote:

Out of all the American whiskeys this and Stranahan's Colarado have taken my fancy the most.

06 October 2010 10:35

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