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Mission Exclusive Single Barrel New Riff

Are you ready to get down with the king?

While we've had plenty of single barrels from New Riff over the course of 2021, this one is all ours!! Bearing the crown of Mission on the label, this 103.8 proof Bourbon offers one of the most balanced and palate-pleasing profiles we've tasted all year, and the tasting notes ascribed to the label by New Riff are dead on: milk chocolate, jam, and toasted oak on the nose, followed by pineapple, hard cinnamon candy, and ginger on the palate. Originally laid down in May of 2017, we had this cask bottled at the end of August, making it a few months over four years of age. If you've been waiting to dip your toe in the wonderfully warm water that is New Riff Bourbon, this is the time to do it. I get the feeling people will be talking about this one long after it's gone. 

New Riff "Mission Exclusive" Single Barrel #3308-C Cask Strength Kentucky Bourbon $49.99

-David Driscoll