Here today we have another one-off from Buffalo Trace bottled under the Colonel Taylor product line. You can read the original press release if you are into that sort of thing but the TLDR; is a no age statement, bottled in bond, wheated bourbon that is supposedly aged over a decade. The "Seasoned Wood" name comes from an enzyme bath given to the wood staves or some other silly shit along those lines - I dunno, whatever. I fully expect this to taste like a mashup of Old Rip Van Winkle and Weller 12 accompanied by a sweet tube (dude), fancy label, and higher price.
No Age Statement; 50% ABV; $70
Nose: Classic wheated bourbon profile of vanilla and caramel cake batter along with some fruitiness like sugar coated peaches. There is a healthy dose of oak as well which indicates some decent age.
Taste: Soft and sweet upfront just like a good wheated bourbon. It's got mostly the same creamy sweet notes as the nose along with a pronounced cinnamon zip that is usually present in this product's younger cousin, Old Weller Antique. There's lot of wood depth here which has me guessing this is about 10-12 years old. That depth gives it some nice slightly bitter dark chocolate notes in the finish that round out all the sweets and cinnamon spice.
Thoughts: This tastes just like what I expected - a blend of middle aged Buffalo Trace wheated bourbons which is fine by me because I enjoy those products. Apart from the Barrel Proof, this is my probably my favorite Colonel Taylor product yet. I'm okay with having paid retail for this once but certainly wouldn't pay/trade whatever silly rate this is probably fetching on the secondary markets.
Rating: B+ / B
Note that price is not considered when assigning a rating.
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