Buffalo Trace Eagle Rare 10-Year Single Barrel Select 2021
45% ABV - Kentucky, United States
Nose: Thick layers of vanilla beans, wood, raw honey, and beeswax, followed by leather and light baking spices. Hints of citrus and fruit.
Taste: Cherries over Mandarin oranges, strong oak, and continued vanilla and honey carrying the sweetness.
Finish: The complexity is compressed, and a drying sweet oak is lasting.
This is the second select barrel of Eagle Rare that BC Liquor Stores has released. The first one was released in 2020 and this one is from 2021. I didn’t take that long to review this bottle… it came to stores in February 2023. It is about 8 months later as I write this and, mildly interesting, it was bottled 2 years less only 3 days ago on November 1st…
Now I may have stocked up on too much of this bottle—the price was an understatement in comparison to the value I find in the flavour profile of this Eagle Rare—though I know that it will all be enjoyed. Part-hoarding, part-financially sound decision, right? If I could go back in time, then I would do the same again!
Details: Fill date: January 24, 2011. Bottling date: November 4, 2021. Warehouse N, 3rd Floor. Barrel 226.
Tasting Notes (Official): The nose is complex, with aromas of toffee, hints of orange peel, herbs, honey, leather and oak. The taste is bold, dry and delicate with notes of candied almonds and very rich cocoa. The finish is dry and lingering.
Tasted 1 November 2023. (Posted 9 December 2023.)
