94 points Wine Enthusiast: "At first, this whiskey is easy to underestimate, since the amber color and mild toffee aroma give little away. But one sip, and it is clear this whiskey means business: Deep vanilla cookie and cigar tobacco flavors unfold to a big, burnt-caramel finish, which washes over the palate like a rolling wave. Manhattan-worthy. (Mar 2011)"

The master distiller selects whiskey from those barrels whose contents he feels have aged to create particularly flavorful and aromatic whiskey. Hand-bottled one barrel at a time, and never mixed with whiskey from other barrels.