Nelson Bros. Blended American Whiskey Finished in Sauternes Casks

Nelson Bros. Blended American Whiskey Finished in Sauternes Casks is a cask-finish expression from the family behind Nashville's Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, a Tennessee whiskey house revived by brothers Andy and Charlie Nelson. For this release, the house blended American whiskey takes a secondary rest in casks that previously held Sauternes, the storied sweet white wine of Bordeaux, layering wine-soaked oak character over the whiskey at the heart of the blend.

The Sauternes finish shows immediately in the glass: honeyed apricot and white grape ride over the whiskey's caramel and vanilla backbone, with baked stone fruit, toasted oak, and a thread of baking spice running through the mid-palate. The finish is long and warming, trading between dried fruit sweetness and dry oak spice, with the wine cask's honeyed edge lingering last.

Wine-cask-finished American whiskeys are a natural pick for collectors who chase unusual maturation, and the Sauternes angle makes this an easy gift for the whiskey drinker who thinks they've tried everything. It sits well alongside the bourbons and other cask-finished whiskeys in the Liquor Geeks lineup if you're building out a finishing-cask flight. Ships to most US states. Adult-signature required at delivery.