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Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: Eagle Rare 17yr 2020
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Distiller:
Buffalo Trace
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Bottler:
Buffalo Trace
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ABV:
50.5%
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Age:
17 Years
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Price:
$$$$$
- Raided Score: 92
- Publication: Whisky Advocate
- Excerpt: A lighter but superbly balanced finish adds more dark chocolate, roasted pecans, cherry, tobacco, pepper, and beautifully integrated oak.
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- Raided Score: 92
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: The finish comes on stronger, with a lingering rich sweetness of dark chocolate alongside black pepper.
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- Raided Score: 91
- Publication: The Whiskey Wash
- Excerpt: It does stand alone, but it's too mellow. I enjoy the nutty undertones, and the nose is delightful. At 101 proof, it doesn't drink hot and allows you to discern the flavors.
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- Raided Score: 85
- Publication: Breaking Bourbon
- Excerpt: The nose brings forth a complexity that reveals its layered nuances as you spend more time with it, while the palate delivers a great mix of dark fruits and sweet baking flavors that intertwine nicely together. All of this taken together delivers a well rounded sip on par with Eagle Rare 17 Year pours in recent memory.
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- Raided Score: 91
- Publication: Drinkhacker
- Excerpt: A layer of raisins, cola, and some sweet tea give the whiskey an agreeable sweetness, though complexity has never been Eagle Rare’s strong suit.
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- Raided Score: 90
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: Whew - this is wild, and so very different from previous year's gentle fruit bombs.
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Intro:
A bird of a different feather compared to previous releases, 2020's Eagle Rare 17yr sports an extra year of aging and a bit of a proof bump (first seen in 2019) when we inspect the fact
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Nose:
Oh boy, this is going to be an oaky one. Honey, brown sugar, vanilla bean, a hint of pepper. Sweet mostly, sweet and oaky. Faint bitterness on the nose, but nothing too off putting, if at all.
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Taste:
Rich on the palate, quite a bit of oak, toffee, some pepper and a bit of fruit. Surprisingly, I historically find Eagle Rare 17yr to be mega fruity, but this one leans a bit more into dessert and oak.
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Finish:
Long finish, growing a hair dry and bitter. Oaky tobacco, pound cake, some cake batter, pepper, clove and a hint of berry.
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Overall:
Whew - this is wild, and so very different from previous year's gentle fruit bombs. I like this, and it's really fascinating to see how different the bump in proof leaves us. I like it, but it's far from the top of 2020's BTAC collection.
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Score:
7
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