Eagle Rare 25 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 750mL

Eagle Rare Bourbon Whiskey is masterfully crafted and carefully aged for no less than ten years. Every barrel is discriminately selected to offer consistent flavor but with a seemingly individual personality. Eagle Rare is a bourbon that lives up to its name with its lofty, distinctive taste experience.

Tasting Notes:

Notes of intense cherry, oak, dark chocolate and an icing drizzle beginning on the nose.

The palate is a balance of vanilla, dark fruit and butterscotch.

An extremely long finish with lingering notes of rickhouse floor, baking spice and black pepper.

"Eagle Rare 25 is just the first of Buffalo Trace’s experiments with ultra-aged bourbon, and it’s tough to call it anything short of a rousing success. My first time sampling the expression was in a flight that also included Eagle Rare 10, Eagle Rare 17 (2023 release), and Double Eagle Very Rare. Eagle Rare 25 stood apart and above those other pours, and revisiting another sample after was a similarly memorable experience. If there is such a thing as perfect bourbon, it likely I haven’t tried it yet. Nor would I call Eagle Rare 25 the best bourbon I’ve ever tasted. But this is a near-superlative and unique American spirit, one that should already challenge our notions of the relationship between a bourbon’s age and quality. We may need to wait another five, 10, or 25 years before the next experimental Eagle Rare. I only hope I’m in a position to try that as well." - David Thomas Tao, VinePair (98 Points)

"In a word, delicious. On the nose, you’ll get little pops of spearmint, a faint hint of orange citrus, oak, though not in an overpowering way, and some dark red fruits, like stewed cherries. On the palate, notes of baked cherry pie zips to the front first, followed by burgeoning dark chocolate notes. It quickly and loudly evolves into baking spices—that low-rye from the mashbill showing up in the middle of the party, getting shouty for a moment, then fading away—and the lingering finish gives a bit of plum followed by a hit of something Wheatley describes as “rickhouse dust,” and it is an apt description." - Sean Evans, Whisky Advocate