>>21583052
>Buffalo Trace is older
It's a blend and that blend can contain bourbon anywhere between 4 and ~8 years old on the higher end.
Blantons is a single barrel product, not blended with any other barrels, and is aged between ~6-8 years, but depends on the exact barrel.
This does lead to more inconsistency between barrels as no two barrels will be identical, compared to regular buffalo trace which is blended from multiple barrels to fit a particular taste profile.
And finally, Buffalo trace is mash bill #1 (89.5% corn, 7% rye, and 3.5% malted barley) which is used for E.H Taylor, George T. Stagg, Eagle rare, Bench Mark, Old Charter, Bowman Brothers, and obviously Buffalo Trace.
Blantons is mash bill #2 ( 87.5% corn, 9% rye, and 3.5% malted barley) which is used for Elmer T. Lee, Ancient Age, Hancock reserve, and Rock Hill Frams, as well as obviously Blantons.
There is also the wheated mash bill (76.5% corn, 20% wheat, and 3.5% malted barley) which is used for Weller, Old rip van winkle, and pappy van winkle.
And finally the rye mash bill (55% rye, 41.5% corn, 3.5% malted barley) which is used for Sazerac, Thmas H. Handy, and Van winkle family reserve.
There is also an E.H. Taylor Rye mashbill but it uses 65% Rye and 35% malted barley with no corn and afaik it's the only one using that mash bill.
tldr; regular buffalo trace and regular blantons are two different mash bills and different product categories, one is a blend trying to hit a specific flavor/taste profile with every bottle, the other is a single barrel product that is meant to be distinct and a bit unique from barrel to barrel.
