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Maker's Mark Cellar Aged 2025

Kentucky Bourbon Kentucky
Age
1114 years
ABV
56.45%
Introduced
2025
Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deep mahogany with dark amber edges; full-bodied and viscous
Nose
Baked orchard fruit, caramel-drizzled apple pie, and intensely spiced aromatics. The blend of three age statements (including 14yo — the oldest Maker's component yet) delivers fruitier, deeper, and darker character than the 2024 release
Palate
Fruitier and darker than the 2024 — baked orchard fruit transitions from caramel apple pie into dark, heavily reduced apple butter. The 14-year-old component adds unprecedented depth for Maker's Mark. Rich, complex, and warming
Finish
Long finish with persistent baked fruit, spice, and deep oak. The evolution from bright fruit to concentrated apple butter continues through the finish

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • New charred American white oak barrels
  • cellar-aged blend of 11yo
  • 13yo
  • and 14yo

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