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Bhakta Spirits

Bhakta Spirits
50 Year Old Rasputin Barrel No. 28 Islay Cask-Finished Armagnac

Category: Luxury Armagnac

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 47.4%
95 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$450

Bhakta Spirits
50 Year Old Rasputin Barrel No. 28 Islay Cask-Finished Armagnac

Category: Luxury Armagnac

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 47.4%
Copper color. Aromas and flavors of smoldering maduro tobacco, dark chocolate with sea salt, heavily toasted chocolate rye bread, and umami with a velvety, lively, dry medium body and a warming, huge, medium-long finish that presents notes of smoked cherries, peppered korean smoked bbq beef, smoky leather, and kola nut and grilled herbs. Sweet and fruity with savory and meaty notes all swirled together in this umami bomb; tons of smoky goodness that demand cigars and smoking jackets.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: smoldering maduro tobacco, dark chocolate with sea salt, heavily toasted chocolate rye bread, and umami
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of smoked cherries, peppered korean smoked bbq beef, smoky leather, and kola nut and grilled herbs
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Finish Finish: Long
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, with cigars, on the rocks and with drops of water
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Sweet and fruity with savory and meaty notes all swirled together in this umami bomb; tons of smoky goodness that demand cigars and smoking jackets.

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Luxury Armagnac

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Serve in a Snifter
Luxury Armagnac includes those offerings of Armagnac that have become luxury or collectors' items. Mosat are vintage dated, some of them from as far back as the 1920s and 1930s. Often they are packaged in expensive wooden boxes and are priced upwards of $400, with a few reaching $1000. Yes, the Armagnac in the bottle is in fine shape - these are the ultimate in brandies for meditation.