The color is a very rich and deep amber, leaving behind a heavy ring of oil and a healthy veil of it. The nose greets you with toasted oak, caramelized green apples, vanilla and hints of marshmallow and raw peanut. The palate and dry and rich and fills the mouth to the corners with a strong burst of pepper and baking that lights up the mouth as toasted oak and apple swirls around the mouth. It’s not too sweet, just enough to savor and enjoy. Vanilla and marshmallow softness are there after the spice subsides. As it breathes, the oak becomes more dominant as the spiciness subsides, which also allows the fruitiness to mix in a bit more. The finish is medium long with a spiciness on the front of tongue that keeps the mouth tingling as toasted oak slowly fades side by side with soft apple and vanilla sweetness. Adding some sweetness leads to a burst of cream on the nose and the palate, leading to a more rich and creamy whiskey. This is a very multidimensional that go in many different directions depending on your preference for how you like to drink it. Has the William Larue Weller hallmarks, maybe not as much as previous releases, but still a remarkable whiskey.
About this bottle
William Larue Weller is an uncut and unfiltered wheated bourbon and is named for the man who is credited with using wheat instead of rye as the secondary flavoring grain in bourbon production. The Fall 2021 release was distilled in the winter of 2009 and was aged in Warehouses C, D, K, L, and Q. It was bottled at 125.3 proof. Availability begins October 2021.
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Aroma- holy crap! Wow! Huge brown sugar and maple pancakes comes to mind. Vanilla cherry cola and graham cracker. Oak is outstanding … The alcohol is noticeable but it creates a terrific balance with the high sweet notes. Incredible. Someone make this a candle. I honestly don’t even want to take a sip just so I can continue to smell this. Taste - wow. Just fucking wow. Follows the nose and then some. Im gonna be selfish here and just enjoy the fuck outta this one instead of review the taste. Just take my word for it… 5.0 easily. Huge thanks to my friend for this dram.
This is the bourbon by which I shall now judge all others. Immaculate! Perfectly aged. The scent actually transports me to a rickhouse, breathing in the angel's share given off by thousands of barrels at a time. The flavor is nothing short of rapturous. Quintessential bourbon flavor and exceptionally smooth at just over 125 proof. Encompasses the bourbon flavor profile in the embodiment of what I consider to be the perfect pour.
This is one of the softest and easiest drinking whiskies I’ve tasted. The nose is very inviting, toasted oak, cinnamon, Granny Smith apple; the palate is soft and balanced even with its high proof; flavors of caramel apple, milk chocolate, vanilla frosting, and baking spice; it finishes with almost a honey roasted cashew flavor. Full bodied and ever so delicious.
Oh of heaven was real I get that sweetness on my nares with notes of flowers, brown sugar, toasted oak, vanilla, caramel, sugar cookies. On the palate it’s hot initially but then I get angel food cake, vanilla, almonds, & nutmeg
Neat. Nose is sweet vanilla butterscotch caramel. Taste is sweet caramel vanilla with a long spicy sweet finish. Its pretty awesome.
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