Willett Willet's Single Barrel "Soppressata"
Big Bright Orange Woodiness
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Review by @Victor
- Nose24
- Taste24
- Finish23
- Balance24
- Overall95
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Willett "Soppressata" is a Single Barrel bourbon expression of the Even Kulsveen owned Kentunky Bourbon Distillers, Ltd. "Soppressata" is 18 years old and is bottled at 139.4 proof/69.7% ABV
Nose: maple and oak greeting with sweet orange and caramel. Bold and delightful
Taste: brightly flavoured sweet orange, followed by maple and caramel. Big flavours here and quite delicious
Finish: long and as nearly as delightful as the nose. All the flavours remain until the end
Balance: everything works here. An outstanding example of just how good hand-picked barrels of bourbon can be. Sometimes with new-oak aging above 15 years the balance of flavours will work, and sometimes the wood just takes over and weighs everything down. In this case the integration of the flavours is marvellous
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Hi @Victor, looks like you discovered some fascinating and delightful bottles ... and good to hear about them. But I just have to now ask (at least rhetorically): where do these flavors come from ... how does bourbon acquire an orange character ... and is someone bending the rules on bourbon ?
Someone recently reviewed another bourbon (forgot what it was), for which the label stated that the bottle contained bourbon, but that it was later flavored. I believe this process (and perhaps trend) is indeed allowed in the industry. So I wonder if this is what Kulsveen is up to ... or am I just totally off on the wrong track :)?