Eagle Rare Spring 1985 17 Years Fall of 2002 Rye Recipe Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 45,0% Vol. - 3rd release from the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection - a stunning Eagle Rare Straight Bourbon Whiskey!
The stunning Spring 1985 17 year old Eagle Rare Double Distilled Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Fall of 2002 is the third bottling from the legendary Buffalo Trace Antique Collection 2002 from the renowned Buffalo Trace Distillery, which produces world-renowned whiskey brands such as Pappy Van Winkle, George T. Stagg, William Larue Weller, Sazerac Rye, Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr and Thomas H. Handy Sazerac. With the Spring 1985 17 Years Eagle Rare Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Buffalo Trace has created a very intense as well as complex dark mahogany-coloured bourbon whiskey and shows the special craftsmanship of the American whiskey tradition. The rare old release 2002 and 3rd limited edition of this great bourbon was distilled in the winter of 1984 and has been aging since then 17-year-old white American oak barrels in Warehouses Q.
The Eagle Rare name has a storied history for what is a relatively modern invention. The brand started out as a high-proof straight bourbon in the mid-1970s, so while Eagle Rare is a relatively recent invention, it still predates the modern premium bourbon era that started a decade later. The brand was purchased by Sazerac from Seagram in 1989, which is how it wound up at what was then known as the George T. Stagg Distillery. By 2005, the distillery was renamed Buffalo Trace, and Eagle Rare had evolved from a high-proof straight bourbon into a 10 year old single barrel product, basically the junior entry along side the distillery's signature single barrel, Blanton's. The Eagle Rare name also adorns a 17 year old limited edition bourbon in Buffalo Trace's Antique Collection. Bottled at 90-proof, this makes the Eagle Rare 17 Year Old the moderate bourbon in a line noted for being not only aged, but also often cask strength. Every year, bourbon fans put their names on waiting lists to get their bottle of Eagle Rare 17 Year Old, and this is what to expect from the 2002 installment. Like all of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection whiskeys, Eagle Rare 17 Year Old comes in a simple, modernist package, reminiscent of a wine bottle. The best virtue of this style is the modest labeling lets the whiskey within speak for itself, with the 2002 17 years Eagle Rare having a dark mahogany color that almost sparkles in the glass. Outrageously smooth and sophisticated, elegant bourbon. Only the very finest spirit can withstand ageing for seventeen sweltering Kentucky summers and still retain this level of quality. Every case has been hand bottled and labeled to ensure the highest quality finish. The fragrant aroma has almost a wine-like character with hints of almond, cigar boxes and cinnamon. The delicate and dry mid-palate tastes of leather, vanilla and tobacco. This bourbon lingers, finishing with hint of leather and toffee. Immensely powerful Straight Bourbon Whiskey from Buffalo Trace's Antique Collection. Very rare old bottling and a superb example of a well aged bourbon whiskey!
A great 17 year old Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and by now an absolute rarity for connoisseurs, the discerning whiskey collector and lovers of first class old Bourbon whiskeys!
- 2016 Best Bourbon, 10-17 Years (Multiple Barrels) - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible
- 2015 Silver Outstanding Medal - International Wine and Spirits Competition
- 2014 Gold Medal - International Wine and Spirits Competition
- 2014 Bronze, American Bourbon Whiskey - World Whiskies Awards
- 2013 Silver Outstanding Medal - International Wine and Spirits Competition
- 2012 Gold Medal - International Wine and Spirits Competition
- 2012 Best North American Whiskey - World's Best Whiskies
- 2012 Silver Medal - San Francisco World Spirits Competition
- 2012 Liquid Gold Award - 94 points - Jim Murray's 2013 Whisky Bible
- #6 of The Ten Highest Rated Whiskies - Whisky Advocate Winter 2012
- 2011 Gold Medal - San Francisco World Spirits Competition
- 2011 Silver Medal - International Wine and Spirits Competition
- 2010 Silver Medal - Best in Class - International Wine and Spirits Competition
- Colour: dark mahagony
- Typ: Straight Bourbon Whiskey - double distilled / Sour Mash - Distillery Bottling
- District: Kentucky - Frankfort
- Vintage: distilled Winter of 1984 / Spring 1985
- Age: 17 years old
- Year bottled: Fall of 2002
- Cask Wood Type: New White Oak - charred for 55 seconds
- Grain: Kentucky Corn, Distillers Grade #1 and #2 / Minnesota Rye / North Dakota Hi-Kon Distillers Malted Barley
- Barrel selection: 27 hand picked barrels
- Evaporation loss: 58% of the original whiskey lost to evaporation
- Warehouse: Q
- Alcohol ABV% 45.00
- Bottling Series: Vintage 1985 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection - Limited Edition Release 2002
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml (consumer content 75cl / 750ml)
- not coloured / chill filtered
- Packaging without box
- Producer/Importeur: Sazerac Company / Buffalo Trace - Franklin County Frankfort, KY 40601, USA
- Country of Origin: USA - Kentucky
- limited, one of 4.550 bottles - very rare collector´s whiskey!
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