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Sazerac

Sazerac

18 Years Old

Sazerac

ABV: 45%

Age: 18 Years Old

Year Bottled: 2000

Style: Rye

Country: USA

Region: Kentucky

Bottling: Buffalo Trace

Overall
Score

8.9

Tasting Notes

Nose

A mercurial fruit salad, sharp, tangy, and mouth-watering yet soft and pulpy.

Palate

Harder rye notes chiselling into the soft oak.

Finish

Long and with a coffee/cocoa bitterness.

Comment

As far as America's straight ryes go, simply peerless!

Taster Score

9.3

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