George T. Stagg 15 year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2019 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection)

Aromas of concord grape jelly vanilla crumb cake dusty baking spice leather tobacco barn iced tea and peanut shells are offset by citrus peel and rose oil especially prominent with a bit of water added. The bold rich palate is packed with dark berries baking spice semi-sweet chocolate and espresso with pops of citrus fruit and spearmint adding liveliness and verve. It finishes with blackberry cobbler dark chocolate leathery oak and undercurrents of black pepper and baking spice that don’t quit. Restrained and elegant even at full proof.