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Chattanooga Tawny Port Cask Finish
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Distiller:
Chattanooga
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Bottler:
Chattanooga
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ABV:
47.5%
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Age:
3 Years
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Price:
$$$$$
- Raided Score: 82
- Publication: SpiritSurveyor
- Excerpt: It’s certainly not perfect, but this is fun and light and one of my favorites to share to show what this distillery is doing.
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- Raided Score: 86
- Publication: Breaking Bourbon
- Excerpt: It’s a combination that is full of nuanced flavors and one that makes you take your time to pick out all of its intricate layers.
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- Raided Score: 90
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: Tawny Port and Chattanooga’s High Malt Whiskey are great compatriots, and this bottling is a great success in my opinion.
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Intro:
Distilled by Chattanooga Whiskey and finished in Tawny Port Casks, this wine finished expression from the Tennessee craft producer should be a treat. Aged for at least 3 years and finished for at least 6 months, we should see quite a bit of wine influence here.
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Nose:
Sweet wine, apricot, cherry, raspberry and cream. Some malt, plenty of oak - a welcome complexity.
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Taste:
Thin to medium on the palate. Sweet cream, apricot, cherry, fig and raspberry combine with plenty of oak, some tobacco and a great malt character. Drinks well for the age - much like a 6-8 year expression rather than under 4.
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Finish:
Long finish. The port brings a bit of complexity to the oak and malt. Nice caramel, cocoa, pepper, red berry and apricot jam here.
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Overall:
One thing I always appreciate about Chattanooga’s experimental nature is their reckless abandon to find the best of what works and what doesn’t. In this case, the Port Cask finish is a perfect demonstration of experimentation gone right - perfectly so. Tawny Port and Chattanooga’s High Malt Whiskey are great compatriots, and this bottling is a great success in my opinion.
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Score:
7
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