Product Description
Nose: Sweet hot cinnamon syrup, hints of smoke, toasted walnuts, mild oak; sweet caramel and vanilla background.; alcohol vapor noticeable but appropriate for the proof
Taste: Simple syrup, cinnamon, caramel, dry oak
Finish: Cinnamon with increasing spice, dry oak and mild char; long; pleasant warmth
While the amburana notes in RD1 10 Year Amburana Finished Bourbon are not at all overbearing, there is no mistaking their presence throughout. The nose has sweet hot cinnamon syrup with toasted walnuts and hints of smoke and oak. As I acclimate to amburana’s flavors, sweet light caramel and vanilla become more noticeable with each sip.
The taste leads off with hot cinnamon and simple syrup sweetness, with some light caramel, too. As time goes on, the cinnamon becomes progressively more spicy, and lingers through the long finish. Later on, the mouthfeel becomes increasingly dry, with dry oak and char becoming more noticeable. There a pleasant deep warmth with the hot cinnamon spice, char and dry oak lasting for quite a long time.