Blanton's Special Reserve

Blanton's Original

Nose: spicy orange skin with a bunch of molasses and vanilla. Hints of honey. The corn is easy to identify. After a while, there are hints of pine resin. Maybe not as expressive as some other bourbons (Buffalo Trace is my benchmark for standard bourbons) but nothing to complain about either. Mouth: the pine resin grows stronger (maybe a tad too...

Score 80/100

Blanton's Special Reserve

Golden orange appearance. Toasted coconut, apple, caramel aroma. Slightly sweet, toffee, vanilla, light apple, woody flavor. Not overly flavorful but pretty good.

Score 83/100

Blanton's Original

from a purchased sample (I don't have the bottle information for this one) Nose: Really nice and simple. This smells "golden": honey, light rye, vanilla, sweet shaved wood. More rye. Simple, but very good. With time caramel covered green apples (or very acidic red). Palate: Simple and straightforward here, too. Caramel, honey, vanilla,...

Score 86/100

Blanton's Gold Edition

I wish I could tell you the batch number and the bottle number, but somehow, the numbers on the bottle were removed. You can actually do that by accident with your finger nail. NOSE: golden raisins, vanilla blast, a strong pineapple note, rich and tropical, candied peels, sugary, fruit, some moist Christmas cake action, red and green apples that...

Score 90/100