William Larue Weller Bourbon Bottled 2010

William Larue Weller Bourbon bottled 2010

This is third post featuring bottles from the B.Trace Antique collection bottle share organized by Sjoerd. This baby is a wheated Bourbon, and as such offers a milder , yet rich Bourbon not as bity as the Rye, but very different from the standard Bourbon profile. It’s aged for 12 years, having been distilled in 1998, and aged on the fourth and...

Score 95/100

William Larue Weller Bourbon bottled 2010

William Larue Weller is one of the five whiskeys released each fall in the Sazerac Antiquities Collection. It is a bourbon containing wheat in the mashbill instead of rye, together with the mandatory 51% minimum corn content and the usually assumed 10% or so malted barley valuable for the enzyme content. Wheated bourbons comprise perhaps 5% of all...

Score 96/100

William Larue Weller Bourbon bottled 2010

From the 2010 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Nose: Strong vanilla note, not just any vanilla, high quality Mexican vanilla, rich and fragrant. Creme brûlée, a hint of coffee, molasses, butter and brown sugar, like freshly made cookie dough. Palate: Strong, creamy, and thick. Wow, so many of the flavors in the nose are present on the palate. The...

Score 96/100

William Larue Weller Bourbon bottled 2010

When I first got to know this William Larue Weller, albeit the 2012 release, I loved it immediately and went looking for another sample. WhiskyGorillaz was the place to be. This WLW was distilled in the summer of 1998 and bottled in 2012, hence making this a 12 Year Old. The nose is nicely creamy on honey, caramel, vanilla and cinnamon, brown...

Score 88/100