russell's reserve single barrel

Nose Oak accentuated with small waves of vanilla. Cigar tobacco and cake mingle underneath the wood aroma.

Palate A flood of rye. Oak transfers from nose to tongue. Rich tobacco comes through with very subtle hints of coffee.

Finish Fig, caramel, and graham cracker. Long lasting undertones of brown sugar. A sweet finish with barely any heat.

Story Red clay, towering pines, and a neglected iron mine, quietly groaning. You join the park ranger there for early morning coffee, shuffle in your jacket and watch in contemplative silence as inauspicious fog banks sweep over the lake’s fingers. The moment when fire dominates metal and it collapses. The gratifying weight of honest labor. Instinct and honor.

music pairing coal by tyler childers