Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection, 14 year old, Coarse Grain Oak

Aged in fast-growth wood. Quite the antithesis of the “Fine Grain Oak” release above; the comparison is interesting. Darker fruit (plum blackberry) and darker sugars (maple syrup toffee). Resinous and becoming quickly dry on the palate with leather tobacco leaves grape-stem tannins barrel char and dried spice. A heavier more textural bourbon than the Fine Grain Oak expression. I like this whiskey a lot until the dry leathery oak notes begin to dominate the latter half of the palate. That my friend is the coarse grain oak in action.