Jack Daniel's 10 Year Tennessee Whiskey (Batch 1)

Nose- warm banana nut bread, drizzle of maple syrup, and a touch of smoke. Palate- enters with a bit of baking type spice. All-spice comes to mind with a hint of clove. The flavors then gets fruitier with some ripe, dark berries covered in caramel. The mouthfeel is coating and soothing- like a well intended cough drop but without the medicinal flavor. Goes out on a hint of brown sugar. Finish- nice long finish here. That banana bread and maple syrup all swirled in gentle smokiness lingers. Really well done! Overall- This unfortunately sat and sat in the back of my liquor cabinet while the other trendier stuff came and went. This though is a stunner of a bottle. It is amazing what this recipe--held out for longer period of time yields! You can feel the Old #7 roots, but this is just so much fuller and tastier. I have liked almost every JD limited I have tried (the Rye didnt wow me as ot had a waxy, artificial note) and I think some of those gold label single barrel, barrel proofs are among some of the best and available whiskey out there. This just hits most of he right spots for me. The proof is perfect, the balance from spice to sweet may be just a bit off as initially that spice REALLY comes in hard, but is like a nice old friend. Can't wait to compare the 12 yr.

I generally only prefer the single barrels from JD with the gold label BP being a fantastic pour. This one came with much fanfare and even landed on Whiskey Advocates top bottles list so when I managed to find one I figured I'd give it a go. Nose is pretty much a classic profile with some heavy brown sugar notes. The extra few years in the barrel defintely smooth out any alcohol notes that tend to pop out on the younger standard label. First sip is defintely bringing some cocoa notes on the front end. This may sound a bit crazy, but I am getting some subtle banana notes coming through. It's almost a very light chocolate covered banana vibe going on. There is a mild heat the rolls across mid sip and softly fades like a smoldering campfire. Overall this is nice, but honestly for the hype that is all I can say. The private barrels I have had easily top this and bring much more flavor and life to the party. Is it a step up from the standard JD? Sure. Is it worth chasing all over for? Not for me. You are much better off grabbing one of the single barrel blacks or if you are fortunate to find one the gold label instead of running with the herd to find this one.

Nose is very sweet with maple, cocoa, banana, cola, lime, walnuts, and oak. A little more ethanol than you would expect for a sub 100 proof. Palate matches the nose pretty well with more maple, caramel, light banana, vanilla, cola, and lime/citrus. Oak is present in the palate which shows the 10 year age in a positive way. Finish is rye spice, saddle leather, and oak tannins, fading to a nice flan like character. I do love a finish that morphs, however it is ridiculously short and bone dry. Mouthfeel is prickly. While the above may not sound like a home run, the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts and it comes together nicely with a decent level of uniqueness. I grossly over paid for this at $99.99 so I can’t judge it on that. Is it worth the retail of $70? Probably not. Don’t get me wrong this is actually a fine whiskey, but more of a $40-50 bottle for me and thus, not a rebuy.

N RICH caramel sauce, sweet wood that intertwines with the aged oak, marshmallow, maple.maple.maple, banana P Golden raisins, the age of the wood in the best way possible, oily maple syrup M The 97 proof is perfect, the maple-bomb is both enriched and tamed by the decade on oak. Effortless, prepare to get in trouble if given the chance. I don't like the price compared to the old distiller editions (I'm old enough to have enjoyed them far more than today's fellow taters), those were $35-50, this was $63+tax @msrp, at which I'm lucky to have snagged it for apparently. I like it more than the average of those, though... this is a duh for Jack fans who enjoy the profile. Was between this and a super cheap 1.75 of gentleman before leaving the store and this was the right choice

Nose: ethanol and butterscotch, Vanilla and maybe a hint of some orange zest. Palate: easy to drink, light and little to no ethanol burn. “Smooth” I know y’all whiskey drinker hate that but that what it is. Super smooth. Finish: this is the crux of the dram in this case. It has no finish. It’s nothing, gone as soon as it came. That’s the difference in this expression getting higher marks. It’s just not there. Overall: a damn good pour but it’s more hype than anything else. If this finished like there barrel proof this would be a hitter. Ok I’ve come back to this bottle two days ago. It’s got some air in and man is it a hitter. I gave it a 3.5 originally. It’s easily a 4 out of 4 now.

Nose: Hints of maple with traditional whiskey notes and a touch of raw alcohol if you go real deep. Pallet: Heavy viscosity that coats your entire tongue like you could almost chew on it. Dry as if the barrel has taken the sweetness out of it. Finish: Dry and makes you want to have a glass of water. Slight Kentucky hug with an oaky finish Not a big Jack Danials fan, I have had some single barrel that I couldn’t get enough of but not something I traditional go for. This is a step up for old No7, flavor is strong, a little on the sour side with a more mellow hug on the back. The longer it sits and the After having this I found traditional to be more sweet.