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Chattanooga Tawny Port Cask Finish

  • Distiller:

    Chattanooga

  • Bottler:

    Chattanooga

  • ABV:

    47.5%

  • Age:

    3 Years

  • Price:
    $$$$$
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Aggregated Reviews
  • 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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House Review
  • 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.

  • Nose:

    Sweet wine, apricot, cherry, raspberry and cream. Some malt, plenty of oak - a welcome complexity.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Score:

    7

  • By t8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
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