Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection Twice Barreled, 12 year old

Placed in a new barrel after 8 years and 8 months. Very spicy with an oak sappiness. Loads of maple syrup and corn sweetness up front with the spice and some subtle lush fruit kicking in mid-palate. Leather and tobacco follow through to a very masculine dry oak finish. While a very enjoyable whiskey the dominant hot and lingering oak on the finish keeps me from scoring it as high as its siblings.