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93Excellent

Virginia Distillery First Cut Cigar Blend

American Single Malt Virginia Distillery
  • Distiller

    Virginia Distillery Company

  • Bottler

    Virginia Distillery Company

  • ABV

    54%

  • Age

    7 Years

  • Price $30 to $59.99

Virginia Distillery Co. First Cut Cigar Blend is an American single malt whiskey made from 100% malted barley and crafted to pair with a fine cigar. It is aged a minimum of seven years in a combination of Spanish oak, sherry, port, STR, Château Palmer Cabernet, Armagnac, Cognac and fino casks, with a touch of smoke from Islay casks. Finally, it is bottled at 54% ABV (108 proof).

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 93
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • This is, frankly, one of the best cigar blends I’ve had the pleasure of tasting. It’s also the best whiskey I’ve ever tasted out of Virginia Distillery Co. Incredibly complex. There are a lot of moving parts, and yet it's an entirely cohesive pour.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Complex, really interesting nose. Sea salt, shortbread, leather, tobacco, plum, chestnut, cinnamon, gingerbread, cotton candy, red grapes. Those Islay casks sing the loudest here, with briny peat character galore. That's joined by nutty fino, a darker, stickier cognac vibe and some red wine character that reads as a bit sweeter than a usual Cabernet, but perhaps the sherry’s sneaking in there. There’s a mushroomy earthy character as well. In short: there’s a ton going on on the nose.

  • Taste:

    ice viscosity on the palate. Big tobacco note plus raisins, browned butter, banana bread, honey, cinnamon, black pepper, rosemary, clove, seaweed, peat smoke. The Islay cask influence is plenty present here, but not at all overwhelming, playing nicely with Cabernet, Armagnac and Fino

  • Finish:

    Cherry cola, clove, cinnamon, peppercorns, thyme, mint, tobacco.

  • Overall:

    This is one of the best cigar blends I’ve had the pleasure of tasting. It’s also the best whiskey I’ve ever tasted out of Virginia Distillery Co. It's incredibly complex stuff. There are a lot of moving parts, and yet it's an entirely cohesive pour. It keeps you thinking with every sip and thoroughly enjoying the whiskey (or whisky, as Virginia Distillery Company likes to style it in a not to Scottish single malt heritage) all the while. Tremendous stuff.

  • Score:

    93

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources