New Riff Sour Mash Kentucky Single Malt Whiskey 110 Proof NV 750ml

Appearance : Medium amber with coppery highlights. Taste : Straight-up, the oak is forward and layered (oloroso sherry, red wine, brandy, new oak), chewy texture, and drying but not tannic; with water, a strikingly juice entry, bright fruit and citrus peel; it is dryish but not tannic and tinged with sweetening fruits; a Big Kentucky-style body, savory-soft thick-cut texture with red and dark fruit, cocoa powder, grassy-nutty malt, a shading of sherry oak and a suggestion of smoke. Nose : Broad, deep and heady, with many barrel notes (oaky, sherried oak, toasty); with time, it develops rich malty fruity grains; a splash of water advances complicated grainy detail, showing grassy-mineral malt, dark fruit cacao nibs, orange-lemon citrus, and a wisp of smoke and ozone. Finish : Exceptionally zesty, even delicate, the fruited(raspberry, tangerine rind, bergamont-orange) components lifted up in a whiskey-ozone-air and framed with sherry-branded oak, late lemon curd and a vanishing air-kiss of peat smoke.