Willett's Single Barrel "Chocolato"

Willett "Chocolato" is one of the Even Kulsveen selected Single Barrel bourbons, marketed by his company Kentucky Bourbon Distillers,Ltd. "Chocolato" is 18 years old and bottled at 142.3 proof/71.15% ABV.

Nose: strong sweet maple with a fine blending together of vanilla, orange, and alcohol. There is chocolate subtly in the background. The alcohol astringency gives a pleasant balance to the maple flavour. Delicious!

Taste: at first, maple and alcohol greet the palate a little brusquely, then, within a few seconds, the mouth does indeed fill with the taste of chocolate, together with maple. This tastes like a 71.15% ABV version of a very good maple-flavoured chocolate candy

Finish: the finish is very long with all of the flavours remaining

Balance: this one gives a very nice balance of sweet maple and alcohol astringency. Long new-oak aging sometimes brings out some rather unusual flavours, as we see here. This makes quite an enjoyable dram

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