George Dickel Reserve 17 Year Tennessee Whisky Jura and Savoie Livor Mortis spent one year

Livor Mortis spent one year in neutral oak before finishing on watermelon and peppermint for five months

and Le Corton — and it brings the same precision and clarity that defines everything from the great Meursault domaine

10% Cabernet Franc from Ponderosa Vineyard in Nevada City

and a healthy dose of peat on the nose

giving the anejo a smooth body and aromas of caramel

George Dickel Reserve 17 Year Tennessee Whisky Jura and Savoie Livor Mortis spent one yearSeventeen 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