Rick LaFleur
4.5
It took me 2 months to build up the courage to buy this bottle at $80. I was even talked out of it by the store clerk on one occasion but my curiosity had already latched on. My expectations were admittedly almost too much to live up to. And they were met. This is good stuff. It’s like a bourbon sandwich between two pieces of marble rye whiskey. The familiar rye spice is an immediate kick to the mouth but then quickly mellows to warm vanilla, oak, and sugary dough. The rye slowly returns for a nice clean spicy finish and ultimately a cooling mint sensation. Feels like I’m on the frontier pulling from a flask at the turn of the century. The only thing that I hate more than it being $80 is the fact that I will certainly buy it again.
