Savage & Cooke "Second Glance" K&L Exclusive Cask Strength American Whiskey

The legendary Dave Phinney delivers again. The man behind The Prisoner and Orin Swift wines has stepped into the whiskey game in a big way. He is building an extraordinary distillery on Mare Island, just west of Vallejo in an old U.S. Naval Yard that that was responsible, among other things, for building submarines and loading ships during WWII. Both of the distillery's whiskies are finished in Dave's wine barrels from his Napa Valley winery and have received great acclaim. We traveled to Mare Island to meet up with the Master Distiller and Blender, Jordan Via, to put together a bespoke barrel of whiskey for K&L. The result is Savage and Cooke's first ever cask strength release and it's a doozy. While the OB's from the distillery are both currently finished in Dave's Cabernet barrels, they do have whiskey resting in other wine casks. There was no way we were going to pass up the opportunity to showcase what a whiskey can do with barrels from the world's most famous Zinfandel producer! The Zinfandel finish showed most prominently in the Second Glance whiskey so we started there. While the 100% Zin was excellent, it needed just a touch of something else. The dark fruit and spice of the Zinfandel played perfectly with the floral and jammy flavors and lifted nature of the Grenache. Ultimately we settled on an 80% Zin, 20% Grenache blend and it's perfect. Grab this piece of history before it's gone. 95% Corn, 4% Rye, 1% Malted Barley.