Iowa’s Cedar Ridge is maybe greatest identified for his or her regionally standard (and sometimes superb!) bourbon, which may outsell a number of the nation’s largest manufacturers in its residence market. However by no means content material with simply corn, Grasp Distiller Murphy Quint has additionally been churning out a collection of single malts, together with a limited-edition lineup dubbed “The QuintEssential.”
Right this moment, we’re trying on the fifth installment in that line, a 117.8 proof bottling that options 5 ending cask varieties:
- Imported Port
- Property Port (Cedar Ridge additionally boasts an energetic vineyard)
- Imported Madeira casks
- Property V casks (in keeping with the model, “a Madeira impressed wine”)
- Property Marquette Pink Wine Casks
The bottling is obtainable on the Iowa-based distillery, in addition to on-line and in some choose out-of-state markets. Let’s see the way it tastes.
Cedar Ridge The QuintEssential Quantity 5 Overview
The nostril begins off with scorching porridge and loads of Port affect, together with burnt matches, sawdust, chili powder, and grape should. Lingering just under comes cooked mushrooms, creosote, and loads of malt, which collectively lend a wealthy, almost peated high quality that performs properly with that (more and more distinguished) dose of chili.
Whereas the nostril leans a contact chemical, the palate is softer and extra approachable, main with a white grape discount, candy balsamic vinegar, smoked cherries, and dried fig. Hints of sulfur and smoke weave out and in throughout the midpalate, whereas the candy and fruity flavors sit thickly on the tongue, carried by a viscous mouthfeel.
The palate strikes again towards nutty and malty, together with each continued fortified wine and browning sauce. It’s a fancy pour not afraid to combine in quite a lot of savory parts, leading to one of many extra adventurous Cedar Ridge expressions I’ve sampled thus far. Kudos to Quint, as this swing usually connects for adventurous palates.
117.8 proof.
A- / $100
Cedar Ridge The QuintEssential Quantity 5
USD100
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