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Basil Hayden 10 Year Old
- Age
- 10 years
- ABV
- 40%
Tasting
How it drinks
- Sight
- Amber gold; deeper than the NAS expression from additional aging, medium legs
- Nose
- Abundant cherry and vanilla. Sweet with a subtle touch of oak. The 10-year aging adds depth to the characteristically delicate Basil Hayden profile — more oak, more dried fruit, more complexity while retaining elegance
- Palate
- Medium-bodied. Rye spice up front layered with cocoa notes. The cocoa and oak mix creates a dry, coffee-like quality in the mid-palate. Big oak aromas complement caramel sweetness and wood flavors. Made permanent in 2024
- Finish
- Medium finish with oak, cocoa, and coffee notes fading through gentle rye spice. More substantial than the NAS expression — the extra aging creates genuine complexity while maintaining Basil Hayden's signature elegance
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
- New charred American oak barrels — high-rye mash bill
- extended aging
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