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Whiskey Review: Virginia Distillery Company Port Cask Reserve American Single Malt

We review Virginia Distillery Company Port Cask Reserve American Single Malt, aged in ex-bourbon barrels for years before being finished in a combination of Portuguese tawny port casks and Virginia port-style wine casks.

OVERALL RATING

9
$44.99
  • Nino Kilgore-Marchetti, founder of The Whiskey Wash, is an award-winning whiskey journalist, expert, and judge
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Virginia Distillery Company Port Cask Reserve American Single Malt review

Tasting Notes

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An American single malt first aged in first-fill ex-bourbon barrels for years before being finished in a combination of tawny port casks from Portugal and port-style wine casks from Virginia. It is bottled at 93 proof and priced at $44.99.
Appearance:
The whiskey in this glass is amber in color but darker reddish due to the dual port cask finish. The legs and viscosity are both moderate quality.
Nose:
The aromatics are rich in berries and baked bread, with particular notes of succulent strawberries, deep red cherries, a good amount of oak, sweet BBQ sauce, and a hint of creme brûlée.
Palate:
Lucious and berry-forward on the palate, this expression plays to its port cask nature, revealing considerations of red cherries, ripe strawberries, a sturdy oak backbone, rich dark chocolate, a hint of honey, warm cinnamon rolls, and a nod of vanilla.
Finish:
This finishes in a sweet berry, dark chocolate kind of way, carrying these characteristics off into the night lingeringly.
Comments:
Virginia Distillery Company Port Cask Reserve American Single Malt represents a solid example of its category type, particularly considering the price value and the cask finish. This is an outstanding sipper and one well worth the lower cost of admission.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Nino Kilgore-Marchetti

Nino Kilgore-Marchetti is the founder of The Whiskey Wash, an award-winning whiskey lifestyle website dedicated to informing and entertaining consumers about whisk(e)y globally. As a whisk(e)y journalist, expert, and judge, he has written extensively about the subject, been interviewed in various media outlets, and provided tasting input on many whiskeys at competitions.

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