George Dickel Reserve 17 Year Tennessee Whisky Jura and Savoie black pepper and clove

black pepper and clove

giving the anejo a smooth body and aromas of caramel

and meticulous pruning

10% Cabernet Franc from Ponderosa Vineyard in Nevada City

George Dickel Reserve 17 Year Tennessee Whisky Jura and Savoie black pepper and cloveSeventeen years is a long time for whisky in Tennessee, where hot summers push spirit deep into the wood far faster than in Scotland or Kentucky. Dickel's Reserve bottling exists because the team found barrels that survived that pressure with their fruit and sweetness intact rather than turning into pure oak tannin. It's the same corn heavy Cascade Hollow mash bill and the same charcoal mellowing as the rest of the range, just carried much further