From: Sperryville, Virginia
Age: between four and thirty-six months
Cost: $36
48% Alc./Vol.
'onemalt' Rating: 6.5/10When you are young, the world is an open chayote squash in your hands. Old man mouth is not on your mind. Instead, you chase impulses and throw caution to the wind. At 4 am, you fall asleep on your friend's couch, with only your pea-coat to keep you warm. You make snow angels in your boxers during the first snowfall of the year. You are footloose and fancy free!
The Copper Fox is stunningly young. This Virginia based distillery has had its grain floors malting for only 6 years! Is it enough time for a single malt to season? Yes! Part-owner and distiller, Steve, tells us that the secret is in the apple-wood aging. The sweet flavors of local apple trees house the whisky as it distills from four to thirty-six months. Currently, Copper Fox is working on releasing a 5 year batch. You can't start a single malt whisky distillery overnight you know...
For me, the flavors are young and ravishing. Fairly shallow but suggestive of a deeper body. It is warm and pleasing to the tongue, leaving a light tingle and warmth. The apple-wood flavors are sweet and floral. Enjoyable on the superficial level, however, it is lacking some key depth to elderly and more traditional single-malts. Not the hot-peaty mess we are used to.
Many times in life, you are expected to know what to do or how to act. When you are young, you are given the chance to make mistakes and learn from those mistakes so you don't make them when you are 'older and wiser'.
In my experience, I recommend you make mistakes for a lifetime.
Palates Welcome,
CH/AZ
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