Hirsch Reserve 16 Year Old received the first ever five star rating for a bourbon by F. Paul Pacult’s The Spirit Journal, the authoritative voice of fine spirits.

“Lustrous, rich medium-amber/sunset orange with copper/russet highlights, the tight, compact nose has sensuous fragrances of spiced orange, walnut, corn husk, a touch of resin, and, most predominantly, nougat. The layers of aroma unwrap like the delicate skins of an onion - it’s a seductive and coy bourbon nose. A robust and polite bourbon in the mouth, with happily married tastes of caramel, oats, toffee, wood smoke, maple syrup, oak, controlled alcohol and raisins.”

“It’s as seductive and coy a Bourbon nose as I’ve come across; in the mouth, this robust, but polite Bourbon confidently offers happily married tastes of caramel, oats, coffee, wood smoke, maple syrup, oak, controlled alcohol and raisins; there’s even a slim trace of sweet sherry in the sublime, firm, heady aftertaste; clearly the best Bourbon I’ve evaluated for The Spirits Journal to date.”