Get past the in-your-face wood varnish (this is a bruiser of a bourbon at 66.5% ABV), and the teenage Stagg smells like chocolate pudding sprinkled with pecans and brown sugar–dusted dark fruits, post-cigarillo. Red fruit and candied peach on the palate with generous dashes of spice and a searing and smoky finale.
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