Doc Swinson's French Toasted Bourbon, priced at $70 per 750ml bottle, is a limited release from the Exploratory Cask Series. Bottled at 56.4% ABV, the bourbon undergoes double oak maturation in French oak casks from Taransaud Cooperages in Cognac, France, made from Tronçais forest oak seasoned for at least 36 months.
The intent of aging only three months was to focus more on the new toasted wood aspects, in which I think Doc Swinson’s was fully successful. The only thing holding it back for me was a thinner-than-expected mouthfeel, which might be addressed in the next, longer-aged batch.
For this whiskey, the oak is a bit too brash for me and not in keeping with the subtlety of the rest of the line up. It is very, very good, but I just doesn't speak to me.
