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On the nose: Intense: nutty brown butter and baking spice flow out of the glencairn. Roasted but empty peanut shells, dried stone fruits bright and tart. Cigars with Nicaraguan wrappers, dark fruit and warm wood.
In the mouth: Roasting exotic nuts (I want to say Brazil nuts, but let?s say not peanuts, almonds, or the usuals). Wet tobacco, saddle leather and barrel char. Oak astringency peppers the entire palate. Incredible depth of flavor ? I want to note at this point I thought about the proof, and I couldn?t care less about the number, the proof was on point. The mouthfeel is thick and syrupy, oily without being coating. Baking spices fall beneath the tongue as leather, dark cocoa, charred pecans, and pomegranate all build. On the finish: pomegranate molasses (if you haven?t had it, think somewhere between sweet, aged balsamic and dark brown sugar), heady and buttery bourbon that can only come from MGP. Goes on forever, staying on under the tongue even when the upper palate dissipates.
