Angel's Envy - Straight Bourbon Finished in Port Wine Barrels
Price: $46.85
| Producer | Angel's Envy |
| Country | United States |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Style | Bourbon |
| Sku | 55412 |
Angel's Envy Description
There’s bourbon. And then there’s divine inspiration painstakingly crafted into a spirit so sublime you’ll want to share it with the world. We make the second one. ANGEL’S ENVY is what happens when 200 years of bourbon tradition meet an independent master craftsman’s instinct to improve. It’s a total return to the art of craft-first, hand blended batches of 8 to 12 barrels at a time.
We personally taste every barrel throughout each step of the aging process to ensure that the spirits meet our perfectionist standards. This would be enough for any other premium bourbon, but we think you deserve more. That’s why we finish every one of our whiskeys in hand-selected finishing barrels. For an added layer of flavor and complexity, our bourbon and special cask strength are finished in ruby port casks, and our rye is finished in rum barrels. There’s no set time for this process.
It’s only Angel’s Envy when we say it is.
Bourbon Finished in Port Barrels. Bourbon Goes to Finishing School.
Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon is finished in port wine casks for an award-winning spirit. We guide each batch’s conditioning, blending our handcrafted bourbon in small batches of 8 to 12 barrels at a time.
It’s typically aged for up to 6 years. While we lose about 5% of the spirit each year to evaporation, or “the Angel’s Share,” what’s left behind after we’re done is truly worthy of envy.
Once it’s deemed ready, we finish our bourbon in ruby port wine casks, which adds subtly distinct flavor nuances that enhance the whiskey without challenging it. Our port finishing process lasts between three to six months, depending on taste.
We use 60-gallon ruby port barrels made from French oak and imported directly from Portugal. This creates a whiskey of unprecedented smoothness, sweetness and balance.
FLAVOR NOTES:
APPEARANCE: Gold color laced with reddish amber hues, nearly copper in tone.
NOSE: You’ll detect notes of subtle vanilla, raisins, maple syrup and toasted nuts.
PALATE: Vanilla, ripe fruit, maple syrup, toast and bitter chocolate.
FINISH: Clean and lingering sweetness with a hint of Madeira that slowly fades.
Wine Enthusiast: 94 Points
Luxe and velvety, this port-finished Bourbon shows bold caramel and toffee up front, morphing into notes of sherry, honey and rounded red fruit. Plush and very soft, it needs little more than an ice cube.
-Kara Newman
