High West Double Rye Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish (ABC Liquors Pick)

This bottle is a scootch different from this post, but close enough I reckon: Barrel #: 21859 For: Liquor Barn Finish Time: 8 months Barrel Type: Oloroso Sherry It’s that last part that matters, ya? Nose is grape/raisin up front, with hints of vanilla and sour cherries behind. Body is pit fruits, more vanilla, tons of oak. That oak is what you might expect from a double-oaked product, or one of those bottle inserts. Oak carries through on the finish. There’s cherry there too. Baking spices. The Oloroso influence for me often amplifies raisin and wood notes, and this is no different. The oak is a bit too much for me at first, but I warm up to it over the course of the drink. A well done finish from High West, which had become so typical from them that we sometimes forget that it doesn’t have to be that way. I continue to enjoy these double ryes picks.