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Wiser's Last Barrels, 45%
Price: $50 ● Issue: Summer 2016 ● Reviewer: Davin de Kergommeaux
Distilled in May 2001 from a bourbon-style sour mash, this whisky was intended for blending. However, times change and Wiser's recently vatted all 132 barrels as an Ontario exclusive. High esters, sweet pitchy resins, clean wood, caramel, barley sugar, floral notes, burley tobacco, green grapes, and Granny Smith apples. And that's just the nose. Rich toffee, vanilla, brisk white pepper, ripe black fruits. Lingering, peppery, caramel corn finish. (Canada only) C$65