Buffalo Trace

I must admit that I am a single malt aficionado, but due to some personal (and geographical) reasons, I am not against tasting bourbon. I noticed a kind of rivalry between scotch and bourbon drinkers. However, you cannot compare apples and pears. Be it a scotch or a bourbon, each one has its qualities (and shortcomings), according to their respective consumers (e.g. complexity, peatiness, fruitiness or “bitterness” of single malts versus sweetness and oakiness of bourbon whiskeys). Apart from the mainstream products, there are a lot of good bourbons on the market… and Buffalo Trace is one of them. Nose: an aromatic mix of toasted oak, vanilla, and bubblegum . Sweet pungency. Taste: Sweet and sharp oakiness mingled with some butter toffee, marzipan, or even chocolate (?), quite fiery in the beginning, but not imposing. Mellows when you let it rest for a while. Finish: lingering… and lingering… sweet and oaky and mouth-filling. Buffalo Trace is on the sweeter side of the whiskey world, but the oaky flavor helps to reach a nice balance. I got the impression that the whiskey gets sweeter, even a tad “maltier” when you let it rest for some ten minutes in your glass.Buffalo Trace is extremely drinkable at ABV 45%, and would not have the same result as an 80-proof version. Seconding one of the earlier reviews, follow the buffalo!

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