Rare Character RCLR Kentucky Straight Bourbon Batch 2 2025 Release (75cl, 60.7%)

Rare Character RCLR Batch 2 is a Kentucky straight bourbon, the second release in the RCLR series, which stands for Rare Character Limited Release. This is the 2025 edition, bottled at 60.73% ABV in a 75cl bottle. It blends wheated and rye-based bourbons aged between 5.5 and 15 years, with barrels hand-selected from rickhouses across Kentucky. It is bottled at barrel strength, uncut and non-chill filtered. The nose is described as vanilla custard, maple sugar, raspberry candy, orange peel and roasted peanut. On the palate come caramel, dark fruit, waffle cone, toasted oak, baking spice and leather, followed by a long, warm finish of sweet oak, cinnamon and a touch of rye spice.