Old Zach: Luxe Liquor Single Barrel

MSRP: $149.99

Mash: 75% corn, 21% rye, 4% malted barley

Proof: 130

Age: 9 Years

Nose: deep and dark caramel, molasses, hazelnut, oak sawdust, old cracked leather, tobacco, plum, cherry licorice

Palate: dark Morello cherry, leather, plum, charred oak, black tea, dried apricot, white pepper, dried tobacco

Finish: a nice long finish of candied cherry and caramel coated tobacco linger on the palate

Rating: I don't rate what I picked (Out of Hoard, Buy, Try, Pass)

Thoughts: Dark. Brooding. Beautiful. This is a dark and earthy pour through and through, but layers in plum and cherry to help bring it all together. This ended up being much more fruit forward than when we picked it, and I'm about it. This is one of the best Barton sourced pours I've had in a hot minute. There are some others that came on the scene and became wildly popular, and they were used as a baseline for this pick. This one smoked those other bottles from an undisclosed NDP. I could drink so much of this.