Angel's Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Finished in Port Wine Barrels

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Kentucky straight bourbon finished in ruby port barrels imported from Portugal. Vanilla and maple sweetness meets ripe fruit — a benchmark for cask-finished bourbon.

Details

Brand	Angel's Envy
Distillery	Angel's Envy Distillery
Origin	USA / Kentucky
Style	Bourbon
Age	NAS
ABV	43.3%
Cask	New charred oak, ruby port barrel finish

Flavour profile

Smoky
Sweet
Fruity
Spicy
Rich

* Editorial estimate.

Tasting notes

Nose: Vanilla and maple syrup with ripe berries and raisins.
Palate: Smooth and sweet, with toast and caramel woven through port-derived fruit.
Finish: Medium length, with a pleasant bittersweet note and oak.

* Editorial tasting notes.

How to enjoy it

Neat
On the rocks
Cocktails

Neat or over a large cube lets the port-cask fruit shine. In an Old Fashioned the sweetness and fruit really come forward.

Food pairing

Dark chocolate, berry tart or blue cheese. Also smoked pork.

Background & production

A bourbon brand based at its distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. Lincoln Henderson — long-time master distiller at Brown-Forman and known as the father of Woodford Reserve — came out of retirement to create it with his son Wes, and it launched in 2011. Bacardi acquired the brand in 2015, and its own distillery opened in downtown Louisville in 2016.

Kentucky straight bourbon aged up to about six years is transferred to 60-gallon French oak ruby port barrels imported from Portugal and finished for three to six months. It is made in small batches of eight to twelve barrels.

It carries no age statement and is bottled at 43.3% ABV.