Belle Meade Cognac Cask

This blend of 6 to 8 year old bourbon is finished for 3 to 4 months in casks that aged Cognac for 12 years. There’s fruit especially dried apricot pear passion fruit grapefruit and cherry. Then caramel oak leather tobacco vanilla and a slight hint of cinnamon. Honestly there’s a textural brandy-and-bourbon struggle but beautiful vanilla and nutmeg surface ensuring it is indeed bourbon. A muted spice comes toward the end with rich caramel. Solid sipper.