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Jefferson’s
Reserve Very Old Very Small Batch Blended Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Category: Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Date Tasted: 6/22/2023

Country: USA

Alcohol: 45.1%

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94 Points

Gold Medal

Exceptional

$54

Jefferson’s
Reserve Very Old Very Small Batch Blended Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Category: Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Date Tasted: 6/22/2023

Country: USA

Alcohol: 45.1%

Medium gold color. Aromas and flavors of green herbs and cedar resin, chocolate covered caramel, and cinnamon and clove with a round, vibrant, dry medium body and a warming, captivating, medium-length finish that exhibits shades of sage caramels, vanilla almond paste, toasted coconut and circus peanuts, and caramel mocha frappachino. Sweet caramel and vanilla with a pop of green savory flavors and aromas, would be well at home as a sipper or in a Whiskey Sour.

Tasting Info

	Style:	Rich & Full
	Aroma:	green herbs and cedar resin, chocolate covered caramel, and cinnamon and clove
	Flavor:	Same as aromas with shades of sage caramels, vanilla almond paste, toasted coconut and circus peanuts, and caramel mocha frappachino
	Smoothness:	Warming
	Enjoy:	in cocktails, neat and on the rocks
	Cocktails:	Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
	Bottom Line:	Sweet caramel and vanilla with a pop of green savory flavors and aromas, would be well at home as a sipper or in a Whiskey Sour.

The Producer or Importer

Pernod Ricard USA

250 Park Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10177

USA

1 914-848-4800

www.pernod-ricard-usa.com

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Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Blended Straight Bourbon is a blend of straight bourbon whiskies with an added allowance to contain coloring and/or flavoring, something that is not traditionally allowed in the straight bourbon category. In addition to this allowance, a Blended Straight Bourbon's components do not need to be distilled in the same state as one another.

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Jefferson’s Reserve Very Old Very Small Batch Blended Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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Jefferson’s Reserve Very Old Very Small Batch Blended Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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Tasting Info

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