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Classification: Straight Bourbon Finished in New and Used Casks
Company: Seven Three Distilling Co.
Distillery: Sourced from undisclosed Indiana and Louisiana distilleries
Release Date: Ongoing
Proof: 100
Age: NAS (A blend of 6.5-9 year old bourbon according to the company)
Mashbill: Undisclosed blend of 51% corn, 45% wheat, 4% malted barley, and 64% corn, 26% wheat, 10% malted barley
Color: Gold
MSRP: $80 / 750mL (2025)
Red raspberry | Pie crust | Fresh muffin | Caramel | Vanilla | Sweet oak
Stewed peaches | Cinnamon | Brown sugar | Oak
Orange rind | Dry oak | Leather | Touch of molasses | Light barrel char
Whiskey Tree Wheated Straight Bourbon is an oak-forward double-oaked wheated bourbon that offers a good balance of fruit notes with a lopsided price point.
Seven Three Distilling Company opened in 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their goal is “to capture the unmistakable flavor of this one-of-a-kind American city by crafting spirits with a sense of place.” Beyond their newly launched Whiskey Tree Bourbon brand, the distillery produces gin, rum, moonshine, and vodka.
Whiskey Tree Wheated Straight Bourbon is double oaked in ex-bourbon casks. It consists of a blend of Indiana and Louisiana bourbons that range from 6.5-9 years. It spent two years aging in New Orleans’ hot and humid climate, which, combined with its new and used barrel finish, adds a good degree of oak throughout its sip.
The whiskey starts in a delightful place thanks to a strong, sweet/tart red raspberry scent against pie crust and fresh muffin. The palate offsets the red raspberry with stewed peach and cinnamon to good effect. The finish offers a quick orange rind note against dry oak, leather, and barrel char.
Overall, the sip is oak-forward, but the fruit notes help offset this nicely. Its 100 proof point has just enough heft to be impactful. The dry oak lingers a bit too long on the finish, but that comes with the territory of being double oaked. Overall, it’s an enjoyable sip that doesn’t fully justify its price tag by the end.
The bottle in review is from batch 1.
