CRITICAL ACCLAIM:“This legacy distiller was revived by the founder’s descendant in 2015. Its Cigar Blend (in various batches) was created by master blender Nancy Fraley. The nose offers cherry, red berries, muted rye spice, vanilla and whipped cream. The palate has more red berry notes, fruity but also savory, with spice, pepper, and tobacco. A smooth yet complex finish. A great amalgamation of flavors, and yes, it would go very well with a cigar.” - 92 PTS, WHISKY ADVOCATE (03/2025)PRODUCER NOTES:OVERVIEW: “Artfully blended to enjoy with a fine cigar. A combination of award-winning Joseph Magnus Bourbon and 11 and 18-year-old whiskeys to assume bold, rich aromas of tobacco, spice, leather, vanilla, blanched almonds, and toffee. The Armagnac cask finish lends fruity notes of fig, prune, and dried apricot.”BATCH NOTES: "(Meditations Batches #244-256) For the brooding and contemplative among us, Batches #244–256 possess a weight and depth that benefits from patience, allowing darker layers to unfold slowly and deliberately with each sip. The nose is immediately full-bodied, evoking the richness of Baltic Porter beer, layered with marzipan and the nutty savor of brown butter. On the palate, the impression softens into caramel cookies and hazelnuts toasted in butter, before deepening again into fig pudding – dark, dense, and indulgent. The finish is long and resonant, with chocolate, nut, and fruit lingering in balance, a shadowy counterpart to sweeter, more confectionary coupes."
