Sazerac 18 Year Old Rye Whiskey 2008

Description

Sazerac 18 Year Old  Rye Whiskey 2008

From the original run of Cream of Kentucky rye distilled in 1985 & tanked in 2003 to prevent it from over-maturing, by then actually a 20 year old. This 2008 release was bottled from these tanks, which provided whiskey for this annual release until 2015 when it finally ran out.

The nose offers rich, savoury spices on a bed of dried fruits and peels. There are effortless, tumbling whirls of stone fruits and coffee beans, traces of cigar leaf sweetness and thick chunks of oak. The palate develops, toffee sweet, with exotic spice. Creaking oak clings ever present with about as much forceful rye as one can imagine. This is sublime, powerful stuff. A sparkling finish of oak, spice and red berries.