Barrell Craft Spirits Launches Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series: Ice Wine
Barrell Craft Spirits has launched the fourth expression in its Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series: Ice Wine. The limited-edition series utilizes the company’s blending and finishing expertise to make bespoke blends of straight bourbon whiskeys with unique finishes.
For this expression, the BCS blending team created a blend of Indiana (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 year), Kentucky (5 and 8 year), Tennessee (9 and 15 year), and Wyoming (9 year) bourbon whiskeys featuring multiple mash bills. The blend was then further matured in Ice Wine casks and bottled at a cask strength of 53.26% ABV (106.52 proof) in Kentucky with a derived mash bill of 71% corn, 24% rye, 4% malted barley, and 1% wheat.
Official tasting notes for Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series: Ice Wine follow:
Nose: Opens with a bouquet of fresh flowers and a fruit cocktail of strawberry, melon and white peach. The freshness is met with rich notes of iced caramel latte, white chocolate and honey toast, then evolves into sweeter and more savory profile with beeswax, kettle corn, ginger and hazelnut.
Palate: The palate instantly coats your mouth with sweet honey notes integrated with savory white pepper and toasted baguette. Golden raisin, apricot and white chocolate macadamia cookies permeate the midpalate with a richness that unites with notes of affogato, ginger, Brazil nuts and coconut.
Finish: White pepper, beeswax, hazelnut, ginger, apricot and coconut.
Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series: Ice Wine is now available for purchase at barrellbourbon.com and at select retailers for a suggested retail price of $89.99 per 750 mL bottle.
Source: Barrell Craft Spirits.