Heaven Hill
Lux Row
48%
4 Years
Jammy fruit without an aggressive tannic influence gives Daviess County Cabernet Sauvignon finished bourbon plenty of edge to demonstrate the merits a wine finish can bring to a young bourbon. Not particularly exceptional on its own, this bottle performs well when flanked with it's co-expressions to succeed in demonstrating how finishes can affect a base spirit.
This is a combination of mashbills from an undisclosed distiller (though not hard to guess) containing a wheated mashbill and a high rye mashbill. This combination is then finished for 6 months in cabernet sauvignon barrels. No age statement here, but this expression is bottled at 48% ABV. Let's get to it.
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Jammy fruit without an aggressive tannic influence gives Daviess County Cabernet Sauvignon finished bourbon plenty of edge to demonstrate the merits a wine finish can bring to a young bourbon. Not particularly exceptional on its own, this bottle performs well when flanked with it's co-expressions to succeed in demonstrating how finishes can affect a base spirit.
Sweet caramel, honey, a bit of toffee and oak. Sweet, a hint of jammy fruits and tannins. Vanilla, a bit of cream. Overall, it's a sweet bourbon nose with a hint of jam to it. Minuscule pepper influence.
Sweet on the palate, though there is a fairly thin mouth feel. Toffee, light oak, some jammy fruity and a bit of honey. Not especially rich, but plenty going on to stay interesting. The wine finish is present and easily discerned, which is a nice touch.
Medium finish - the heat is well executed, and this expression leaves a pleasant toffee, honey, jammy red berries and caramel presence behind as it departs.
Overall, pretty nice for something this young. Not exceptionally complex or powerful, but it's interesting and succeeds in exemplifying what a wine finish can do to a bourbon of this age - and it does it well.
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