A little extra water helps this strong whiskey, especially the nose—a fairly classic, closely joined affair with corn pudding, cocoa, clean oak, vanilla, rye-spicy fruit. These all return in the mouth, a shimmering, dryish, fresh, medium-full-bodied spread of nicely spiced blue fruit Bourbon. The balance between these flavors is close, teetering back and forth in an almost maddening fashion. Barrel #374 is a very nice whiskey, a dancer not a bruiser. Compared to Willett eight year #375 it is perhaps a bit fuller-bodied and richer, also more direct and less...mysterious.





Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, rye mash


Proof: 124.6º


Age: 8 Years, distilled 2/20/2001


Size: 750 ml

Price: $47.99