Uncle Nearest Grasp Mix Version Overview

The Uncle Nearest Grasp Mix Version is a mix of one of the best barrels Victoria Eady Butler, their Grasp Blender, units apart whereas mixing and dealing on different initiatives. I obtained to fulfill Victoria a few years in the past and he or she’s as good an individual as you will discover wherever and deeply keen about her work. In spite of everything, it’s her household title on the distillery.

Victoria is a fifth technology descendant of Nearest Inexperienced and once I toured the distillery in 2019 she had a ton of household images and memorabilia laid out displaying a protracted line of distillery work in her household. Every thing that comes out of the Inexperienced distillery is completed so underneath her watch and I actually loved the up to date Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch, so I can solely think about what a mix of honey barrels can be like.

Let’s get to drinkin’!

Uncle Nearest Grasp Mix Version – Particulars and Tasting Notes

Whiskey Particulars

Cask Energy | Pure Colour

Type: Tennessee Whiskey
Area: Tennessee
Distiller: Nearest Inexperienced (Contract distilled at TDG)

Mash Invoice: 51%+ Corn + Rye + Malted Barley
Cask: New Charred Oak
Age: 4+ Years
ABV: 59.2%

Mix: 005

Uncle Nearest Grasp Mix Version Value: $150

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Uncle Nearest Grasp Mix Version Tasting Notes

EYE
Darkish oak

NOSE
Oak, darkish fruit, baking spice, biscuity, caramel, char, vanilla and darkish cocoa.

The oak hangs heavy right here, however after just a few seconds, it breaks up a bit and permits a wealthy profile of sweetness, spice and baked items come by.

PALATE
Oak, darkish fruit, baking spice, biscuity, caramel, char, vanilla and darkish cocoa.

A wealthy carbon copy of the aroma that glides over the palate even at full cask power. That is mighty tasty.

FINISH
Lengthy -> Oak, darkish fruit, cocoa and baking spice

BALANCE, BODY and FEEL
Effectively-balanced, full-body, heat velvety really feel.

Uncle Nearest Grasp Mix Version – General Ideas and Rating

Wealthy, darkish, heat, heavy, good. That’s how I’d describe this whiskey in simply 5 phrases. The aroma punches by with a heavy oak that surged out of the bottle as quickly as I opened it. The palate is a velvety mixture of the identical notes from the aroma. The one factor it’s lacking is a little more depth and complexity, however that may come.

This launch was made utilizing solely barrels they, Nearest Inexperienced Distillery, contract distilled in 2017. So the whiskey within the bottle is between 4-5 years previous. Time and maturity will deliver extra depth to the Uncle Nearest Grasp Mix Version and I solely anticipate this to get higher with future releases.

SCORE: 4/5 (good, undoubtedly suggest ~ B+ | 87-89)

*Disclosure: The bottle for this Tennessee Whiskey overview was graciously despatched to me by the corporate with out obligation. The views, opinions, and tasting notes are 100% my very own.