One of several tastings and this one is UNELIEVABLE! Color eludes to oxidative, however, It’s fresh as hell!! The matchstick and slightly buttered popcorn is rubbing your nose hairs! Mouthfeel is textured and layedered with acidity (that could have been longer) but wow!! Best 2011 Bentrock from Sandi!!
93/94
Subtle honey with minerality, hint of grass, apple skin, lemon, lychee, pineapple and a touch of browned butter. Nice and crisp with good balance and intensity, but lacking a bit in backbone. Medium+ length.
Very WS on nose, both fruit and spice, more bluish than red berries. In mouth Cohn 21 doesn’t deliver the backbone I’m used to from WS. The barrel / oak integration is missing in start and doesn’t push through to make it a classic long well integrated WS from my perspective.