By Richard Thomas
Score: B+
(Credit score: Heaven Hill)
The thirteenth installment of Previous Fitz Bonded is now out, and this time it’s a mature, however comparatively younger bourbon. The present providing of Heaven Hill’s Previous Fitzgerald model is a bottled in bond model of its wheated bourbon, however at all times far older than minimal 4 years required by the Bottled in Bond Act of 1897. This Spring 2024 launch is 10 years previous, which is greater than double the minimal requirement, however nonetheless on the younger facet for bourbons on this line.
The Bourbon
My pour right into a copita glass got here out with a vibrant copper/bronze coloring, simply shy of what I might name even gentle amber. The nostril smacked to me of melted caramel plus the rose incense I burn generally at house. The palate took a basis of conventional bourbon flavors–sweet corn, vanilla–and added some tea tannins and rose water. The end turned spicy and dry, making it a unusually oak-driven conclusion for a ten 12 months previous bourbon.
The Worth
Formally, a bottle of this could run you $139.99. However with demand and retailer pricing being what it’s, effectively, the Autumn 2023 bottling has a market common value of $505 at time of writing.
