SINGLE BARREL SPECIAL RESERVE KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON Kentucky
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note	Producer	BLANTON'S
Golden amber colour. Very spicy, faintly minty, peppery, caramel-Bourbon nose. Dry, medium bodied, very spicy, somewhat peppery, intense albeit somewhat restrained, peppery, plum-Bourbon flavours with a caramel-tinged, rather youthful finish. This new batch from 4-25-16 comes from Barrel No 523 on Rack No 7. It has 40% alcohol and with lot number B16117 on the lower part of the glass bottle. Unfortunately, it is not at all up to the previous Recommended (***) release on October 15, 2015 at only $59.95 with lot number B1467 on the lower part of the glass bottle.	CSPC	558320
	Type	Spirit - American Whiskey
	Agent	Kir GRO
	Country	USA
	Region
	Rating	**/**+(88.5 points) Restrained, Spicy, Peppery
LCBO Note	Status
TASTING NOTE: Blanton's, in the distinctive spherical bottle topped with a racehorse figurine, specializes in singlebarrel, super premium bourbon. It's the idiosyncratic and generally pricier side of the business, where each bottle contains whisky tapped directly from a specific cask rather than from a large tank into which multiple casks have been emptied and blended for flavour consistency. Single-barrel whiskies tend to be more robust, but this excellent entry-level Special Reserve bottling, with the green label, achieves remarkable smoothness while retaining considerable single-barrel character. Bottled at 40-per-cent alcohol (lower than Blanton's three other offerings), it's big on smooth caramel and peppery spice along with hints of orange, vanilla and charred toast topped with melted butter. Score - 92 (Beppi Crosariol, theglobeandmail.com, Nov. 3, 2015)	Price	$ 64.95
	Bottle Size	750 mL
	Tasting Date	vintages release - July 9, 2016
	Cases bought	224 (6 bottles per case)
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