Balcones Texas Rye

Nose

Rye opens properly, with lots of chocolate. There is also some salted caramel, malted grain and a tiny hint of smoke on the nose. The chocolate rye is particularly interesting here and makes the whisky seem like a rye beer.

Taste

Chilli chocolate - intensely flavoured and yet light. The Balcones Texas Rye Whisky whets the appetite for more with aromas of rye spice, German grey bread and something malt-like with oak spice and even more dark chocolate. Beautifully balanced, even if still a little youthful in places.

Finish

Chocolate and some leather remain in the medium-long finish.