Nashville Barrel Co. #1435 20-Year Single Barrel Bourbon 130.94 Proof – Selected by Seelbach’s

Age: 20-year

Proof: 130.94 proof

Source: Tennessee

Bottle count: 97 bottles

Tasting notes: This is one of the most unique Tennessee bourbons Ive tasted.

This one only needs a minute in the glass before it starts to shift and morph.

Intense charred oak, Cheerwine, orange sherbet, and golden raisin lead on the nose before gooey Derby Pie and rickhouse funk take over.

The palate is engulfing, as Id expect from 130 proof: peach ice cream, maraschino cherries, sweet milk chocolate, and a perfumed, mature oak that fully wraps the palate.

The pour continually saturates the tongue with semi-sweet chocolate, maple cream, sweet tobacco, and long, beautiful waves of mature oak that carry on and on. If Makers Mark aged to 20 years, Id like to think it would taste something like this.