K&L 'Dawning Era' Small Batch No. 16 Year Old, Batch No. KY-02-25, K&L Wine Merchants, 60%

There’s a cheerful richness to this bourbon’s combination of cherry jam and dark chocolate, with sweet stewed peaches adding a fruitier edge on the nose. The palate carries that red-fruit and chocolate character into vanilla and roasted pear-covered baking spices, which gives the heavier notes some lift. The unpeated designation is noted, but the documented flavours are what make this an appealingly rounded profile to me.

Reviewed by pocket_socks

Nose

Cherry jam, Dark chocolate, Coconut oil, Sweet stewed peaches, Clove honey, Sandalwood, Cedar oil

Palate

Red fruit, Dark chocolate, Vanilla, Dense dark wood, Roasted pear-covered baking spices

Finish

Long, Round, Open, Inviting