Weller Antique (Single Barrel Select Colonial Spirits Barrel 222)

The nose is sweet and oaky, offering a balance of black pepper alongside ripe fruit, fresh flowers, cherry syrup and creamy oak. It is quite intense yet inviting, offering up a promise of rich flavors. The palate Is peppery and oaky, giving you a certain creaminess as the more intense notes of flowers and cherry come about. There are intense baking spices giving you the impression of a freshly baked dessert, with bold flavors that are somewhat simple yet wonderfully balanced and full bodied. There isn't an endless list of flavors to explore, but what is there is very full, very intense and very memorable. Finishes medium long and peppery, keeping them out tingling guys there is a certain oak and fruit sweetness that lingers and oh so gently fades.