Rabbit Hole Dareringer Sherry Cask Bourbon

BourbonReviewsRabbit Hole

Sep 16

Written By David Levine

Rabbit Hole Dareringer

46.5% ABV/93 Proof

NAS (4+ YO)

Finished in PX Sherry casks

Eye: Orange honey. Thick rim bleeds and holds syrupy droplets.

Nose: Sweet and fruity, but the PX doesn’t overpower the bourbon. Dried fruits and lovely spices.

Palate: Spice quickly fades to vine and red fruits. Charred wood, spice coats the mouth. Almost tastes more like an Oloroso finish than a PX. Back-of-the-throat clove, then strawberry and a concentrated dark fruit flavor, like fig fruit leather that borders on turning savory. Some semisweet chocolate with air. Mouthfeel is coating, a little tingly on the tongue with a medium body.

Finish: Short-to-medium length. Brookside chocolate-covered fruits, especially goji berries and cherries.

Overall: I really would’ve thought Oloroso over PX, since there’s not the syrupy sweetness but this Rabbit Hole sherry cask bourbon has rather a balanced sweet and spice throughout.

Rating: 6.9

10 | Insurpassable | Nothing Else Comes Close (Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel)

9 | Incredible | Extraordinary (GTS, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof B518 and B520)

8 | Excellent | Exceptional (12+YO MGP Bourbon, Highland Park Single Barrels)

7 | Great | Well above average (Blanton’s Original, Old Weller Antique, Booker’s)

6 | Very Good | Better than average (Four Roses Small Batch Select, Knob Creek 14+ YO Picks)

5 | Good | Good, solid, ordinary (Elijah Craig Small Batch, Buffalo Trace, Old Grand-Dad Bottled-in-Bond)

4 | Sub-par | Many things I’d rather have (A.D. Laws Four Grain, Compass Box “Oak Cross”)

3 | Bad | Flawed (Iron Smoke Bourbon, Balcones)

2 | Poor | Forced myself to drink it (Buckshee Bourbon and Rye)

1 | Disgusting | Drain pour (Virginia Distilling Co. Cider Cask)