Mike And Matt Taste New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon

This is a bottle of New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon picked by The Bourbon Society. I purchased this bottle at the 2022 Repeal Day event held by The Bourbon Society. They pick some very good barrels and this Bourbon is no exception. Matt and I sat down and tasted it the other day and here are our tasting notes.

New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon, The Bourbon Society Barrel

Proof: 111.3

Age: Four Years, Three Months, Twenty-four Days

Nose:

Mike: Caramel, apples, baking spices and oak wood.
Matt: Caramel. oak wood – fresh cut wood.

Taste:

Mike: Caramel, apples, cinnamon. Allspice and oak wood. Tasted with a dried cranberry and the apple is enhanced and nutmeg spice comes forward. Tasted with a pecan and the caramel is enhanced and a note of chocolate comes forward.
Matt: Caramel, apple and oak wood. The dried cranberry made the apple a Red Delicious Apple and added pepper spice. The pecan enhanced the caramel and black pepper.

Finish:

Mike: Long with oak and cinnamon spice. The dried cranberry added nutmeg spice to the finish. The pecan made the finish very long with oak and lingering chocolate and caramel.
Matt: Medium long with oak and pepper spice. The dried cranberry made the spice a spicy red pepper flake. The pecan made the finish very long with oak and black pepper.

I would pair this fine Bourbon with a Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial cigar. The vanilla and cedar spice of the smoke would pair well with the caramel and spice of the Bourbon.