About the Producer
Copper and Kings of Louisville, KY is one of the most prominent craft brandy producers in the US. They go after a very bourbony profile with aging in ex-bourbon barrels and new charred oak and they are even on the KY Bourbon Trail.
Copper and Kings uses exclusively pot distillation and in the past was a mix of their own distillate and sourced brandy. They told me in a recent distillery visit that they are almost exclusively using their own distillate now. For their own distillate they use California grapes and ferment in CA and have the wines shipped to KY for distillation. Their aging cellar has music pumped into it 24/7 and they claim the vibrations adds to the aging. Kind of gimmicky but it doesn’t hurt anything.
NOTE: This is a store pick for Tippin’s Market in Ann Arbor, MI
Details
- Made 1/3 Colombard, 1/3 Muscat of Alexandria, 1/3 Chenin Blanc grapes
- NAS
- 62.5% abv
- Double pot distilled.
- No additives other than water.
- Very strongly suspect it’s aged in first fill ex-bourbon barrels
Nose
Sweet with honey, white grape jelly, butterscotch. Orange zest and some light oak.
Palate
Very sweet with caramel, fresh oranges and honey. It has a mouth coating texture and is heavy and viscous as they get. Traces of oak spice. Full bodied and flavored. Great, especially the texture.
Finish
Long and sweet with honey and orange oil.
Rating: 7
Overall
A great representation of Copper and King’s house style. Has all of the heavy bourbony flavors that they are known for, kicked up a notch. I prefer this to their Butchertown brandy and I’d like to see how it compares with the new Revival brandy.
1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.
2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.
3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.
4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but many things I’d rather have.
5 | Good | Good, just fine.
6 | Very Good | A cut above.
7 | Great | Well above average
8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.
9 | Incredible | An all time favorite
10 | Perfect | Perfect