Buffalo Trace Whiskey Review

Tasting Notes

Nose: Vanilla, mint and molasses, with gentle caramel and oak.

Palate: Sweet brown sugar, vanilla and spice lead into oak, toffee and dark fruit, with a touch of anise.

Finish: Long and smooth, with lingering sweet spice and oak.

Summary

Buffalo Trace is Buffalo Trace Distillery’s flagship Kentucky Straight Bourbon, made with Mash Bill #1 and aged in new charred oak barrels; it carries no age statement. It is a rounded, approachable bourbon with a sweet vanilla-and-brown-sugar profile balanced by oak, toffee and restrained spice.

Interesting Facts

• It is matured in new, charred oak barrels in the distillery’s century-old warehouses.