Penelope Cooper Series Rio Honey and Amburana Barrel Double Cask Finished (Batch 24-901), 49%

Rio dances from the glass with cinnamon sugar, honey-sweetened granola, and flamed orange. The sip is elegant, leading with a sweet-hot punch of cinnamon candies, chocolate orange, and dried chiles. Honey buns, vanilla pound cake, and chocolate frosting carry into the finish, which dials down the sweetness as toasted oak, over-steeped black tea, and dark chocolate linger on the back palate.