- Raided Score: 91
- Publication: Whisky Advocate
- Excerpt: It ends lusciously, with warming spices, chocolate, and oak.
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- Raided Score: 82
- Publication: Whiskey Consensus
- Excerpt: This is really good bourbon, but one must question the cost because for just a few dollars more one can buy a Russell’s Reserve store pick that is 110 Proof, non-chill filtered, AND twice the size.
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- Raided Score: 96
- Publication: Drinkhacker
- Excerpt: In the opinion of this humble whiskey reviewer, if W.B. Saffell doesn’t excite bourbon lovers about the Whiskey Barons Collection then nothing will.
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- Raided Score: 88
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: I’m a real big fan of this. Sure, it’s not M20, but I think it’s pretty darn good for what it is. I liked Ripy and others, but I think this is my favorite Barons release to date.
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Intro:
This is the third release in Campari's Whiskey Barons collection - a line of releases in 375 formats produced by Wild Turkey, but independently released by Campari. Let's dive in.
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Nose:
Sweet cream, orange peel, nice pepper character. Toffee, oak structure, some maple. Faint tobacco.
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Taste:
Medium to thick mouth feel, sweet toffee. Maple, oak, pepper. Tobacco, some orange peel.
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Finish:
Short to medium in length, some pepper. Sweet cream, toffee and a nice oak structure.
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Overall:
I’m a real big fan of this. Sure, it’s not M20, but I think it’s pretty darn good for what it is. I liked Ripy and others, but I think this is my favorite Barons release to date.
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Score:
7
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
