Angel's Envy "Cupid's Share" Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished In Port Wine Barrels The Prime Barrel Pick #16

The last selection of 2021 is a venerable Angel's Envy single barrel. For 2021, the Angel's Envy Private Selection program was coming out hot and spicy. Each barrel we were sent had a distinctly different profile with varying fruit and port influence levels. What also makes this program different is that Angel's Envy does not allow the barrel strength bottling, presumably to not complete with their flagship cask strength edition. The company proofs down single barrel selections slightly, and the amount of the "proof down" varies for each selection based on each market. In New York, the proof down effect is less than in any other market, and this selection came in at 108 proof (the sample we tasted was 113.5 Proof) The winning barrel (#2980) stood out for several reasons. First, it has an incredible nose (more on that below) - it just blew other samples we tasted away right from the get-go. Second, the' very bold flavor. Even though this is a manageable 108 Proof (by single barrel stand