CigarsLover Magazine Awards Issue

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Reservoir
Holland's Milkman
Rittenhouse
Straight Rye B. In Bond
COUNTRY
U.S.A.
ABV - PROOF
53.5% - 107
PRICE
$ 125 - € 170
COUNTRY
U.S.A.
ABV - PROOF
50% - 100
PRICE
$ 40 - € 35
OAK, HERBS, AND DARK CHOCOLATE.
Aged for a minimum of 2-3 years in Reservoir's "small barrel"
casks, it is then finished in an Ardent milk stout barrel for
a further 2.5 years. Batch #4 from 2021 is 15% wheat, 70%
corn, and 15% rye.
It features the most important bourbon aromas, where oak
and milkshake vanilla notes are side tastes of the main cherry
flavor, intense and bold. Later it turns into slightly more
bitter sensation, rich in herbal notes but also in very dark
chocolate hints. At the same time, there is a unique, rarely
seen before creamy texture on the palate, which makes it a
different experience. A particular product with a high ABV, a
true exercise of creativity.
93
HERBS, ORANGE, TOFFEE, AND SPICES.
Produced at the Bernheim Distillery of Heaven Hill, it commemorates
Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square, named in
1825 after David Rittenhouse, astronomer and a scientist,
first director of US mint. This expression uses a mash composed
of 51% rye, 37% corn and 12% malted barley. It is then
aged for approx. 4 years.
The herbal balsamic components are mellow and well-integrated,
sweetened by an orange character. Toffee and sweet
spices (cinnamon and nutmeg) are also given off, completing
a true gemstone of a nose. The rich palate also adds
oak and vanilla pod. Intense, yet very well-balanced experience,
with all the specific character due in a rye whisky.
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