Blanton's Gold Edition Bourbon Whiskey (51.5%)

Blanton's Gold Edition is a single-barrel bourbon distilled at Buffalo Trace and created in honour of Colonel Albert B. Blanton. Each bottle comes from one hand-selected barrel of the brand's high-rye mash bill, aged in Warehouse H, the only metal rickhouse on the property. It is bottled at 51.5% ABV (103 proof), which varies slightly from barrel to barrel, and comes in the grenade-shaped bottle with a gold horse stopper. The nose combines warm honey, caramel and vanilla with baking spices, orange zest and toasted oak. The palate is full-bodied, with caramel, brown sugar, toffee, rye spice, clove, dark chocolate and roasted nuts. The finish is long and layered, with honey and oak.