While I feel uneasy about putting a 13-month-old whiskey on the same level as some of the best Scotch, Bourbon, and Rye I’ve ever tried, I can’t deny that Yerlo X did all the right things for me. Not only did it manage to strike a balance that allowed a variety of competing sweet, floral, fruity, and spicy flavors to all have their moment, it did so in a delicate ebb-and-flow way that took me on a sensual journey. The only thing I can possibly count against it is that it’s sometimes too delicate, which seems more like a feat given the multitude of brash, overpowering whiskeys on the American market.
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.
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