Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 25 Year Old

“A platform of caramel sweetness comes draped in lovely oak spice with dried flower potpourri-like rose petals and an old-lady’s perfume-along with horehound, cedary oak, and iced tea. The palate veers toward dried fruits-apple rings and dates-with bitter orange peel and a beam of spice that turns peppery on the long finish of tobacco and cedar. The overall impression is lithe, upright, and stately. A mash bill of 86% corn, 8% barley and 6% rye. The nose is smoky and leathery with ripe apples. The palate is filled with smoked vanilla oak, toasted rye and dried fruits. The long, full finish has notes of cherry blossom & bitter chocolate. Sip Neat”-Whisky Advocate 91 points.