Willett 18 Year D&M Exclusive Barrel# B44

Color: The bourbon seems a bit light-color for an 18 year old spirit, almost like a well-ageing Sauternes.

The nose is very dark, full of chocolate malt, sawdust, thick and moist coffee cake, with traces of vanilla, cinnamon, mint, and mentholated maple reduction. There is a slight, but very pleasant and intriguing, sourness, like dark-chocolate covered cherries.

The palate is extremely smooth, and seems nowhere near the slightly elevated proof (94). Maple and honey dominate, with coconut shavings, cocoa nibs, aged maduro, brown spices, and dry oakiness singing backup. There's a small amount of pepper to round it out.

Finish: The chocolatey finish is dry, dark, and slightly bitter, and contrasts well with the sandalwood-like sweetness. There's some oak, but everything is well-balanced. Some qualities of an old-rum, though still a bourbon to the bone. Delicious

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