15 Stars might just be the best independent whiskey bottler on the bourbon and rye whiskey scene today, as these releases illustrate.
It’s fair to say that I can be a little bit on the cynical side, when a new independent bottler shows up on the exceedingly crowded American whiskey shelf …when that bottler jumps straight into the range of ultra-premium price points. To me, this feels like territory that really needs to be earned: It’s tough to show up out of the blue one day and simply say to consumers “We’re brand new, but you should trust our blenders enough to spend $150 on this bottle you know nothing about.
Suffice to say, these prove to be two more impressive releases, further cementing 15 Stars’ growing reputation in my mind. So with that said, let’s get to tasting these new expressions.The first release of Private Stock Bourbon from 15 Stars was labeled as “7 & 15 YO,” and the additional one year here makes me logically think that this release could be drawn from some of the same barrels that just hadn’t been emptied and blended yet.
On the palate, the 8 & 15 YO Private Stock embraces sour cherry and earthy rye, along with cocoa and molasses. The tobacco savoriness is present in a big way again, along with more herbal properties of rye, melding nicely with moderate residual sweetness. It drinks quite easily for the proof point, as the previous batch also did, but it has much greater degree of highlighting of the spirit’s maturity, with ample old oak flavors joining its herbal complexity.
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