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This whisky makes you wonder why Millburn was ever shuttered. We took this whiskey for the balance of vibrant grain/malt character and subtle spice with the body, and honeyed weight of extended aging. An outstanding example.

"The 2009, one of the finest Domaine de Chevaliers yet produced, reveals a striking bouquet of burning embers, sweet cherry, black and red currant fruit, spice box, cedar and lead pencil shavings. The tannins are sweet in this fleshy, full-bodied offering. It is built on the notion of extraordinary harmony, elegance and complexity. While not the most concentrated or flamboyant 2009, its intense aromas are already reasonably evolved and its lusciousness and balance are terrific. Made from an interesting blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot, its yields of 45 hectoliters per hectare were slightly higher than many of its neighbors achieved. Drink it over the next 25 years."-Robert Parker

"Musky strawberry and raspberry aromas are complicated by minerals and a whiff of orange peel. Juicy, spicy and tightly wound, with sweetness in the background. With aeration an element of smoky minerality emerged, but will this youthfully ungiving pinot become more expansive with time in bottle?" Reviewed by Stephen Tanzer.

"Topaz in colour, its is full bodied in the mouth. Intense and long finish."

Made with 100% zest, no added lemon juice or color, a clean expression of the fruit, distilled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.