High Wire Distilling Jimmy Red 7-Year Wheated Bourbon - Glass Bottle

USD 109.99

Description

Age: 7-years Proof: 107 proof Mash bill: 68% Corn, 20% Wheat, 12% Malted Barley Tasting Notes: The nose gives me all these beautiful, fragrant fruit notes that remind me of the Still Austin Blue Corn a bit. Custardy and a bit floral, juicy cherry, jammy strawberry, and baked blueberry and cherry pies, rich cola syrup, and plenty of barrel char. The palate is rich, coating, and spiced. Tons of chewy cooked caramel and rich cola syrup lay dense on the tongue, with bright citrus and berries exploding all through the palate. There’s a fair amount of oak spice at play, with this beautiful earl grey tea/london fog-like sweet, fragrant tannin continuing on.  The finish is long lasting and creamy, with vanilla custard, moderate oak, and plenty of root beer-like spice keeping it interesting well into the long finish. About Jimmy Red: The culmination of experimental sweet mashes distilled between August 2017 and September 2018 in our original King Street facility, this 7-year-old spirit offers rich layers of baking spice, graham, caramel, tobacco with a pleasing finish. The 2025 release, marked as batches 4, 5, and 6, is a mingling of 20 barrels produced with Jimmy Red corn from 3 SC family farms. There were only 2 cobs of Jimmy Red corn left after the last man known to grow it passed away. His family gave the seeds to Ted Chewning and he was able to bring it back to life. From two ears in 2013 to an estimated 250,000 lbs in 2017 the production on Jimmy Red corn has exploded. High Wire Distilling in Charleston, SC began playing around with this corn in 2014. This bourbon is an incredible example of how heritage/heirloom grains are changing craft spirits. Craft distillers are using them to redefine the spirits we love. Seelbach's Story: This Jimmy Red Wheated Bourbon is High Wire's oldest release to date, aged 7 Years, and was made with a very special wheated mash bill. Blake had talked about tasting this product early on, and was anxiously awaiting the day it would be released. This unique offering is comprised of 17 barrels filled between February and November 2017 with distillate from a series of unique, experimental mash bills using both Sonoran White Wheat and Red Winter Wheat to accent their beloved Jimmy Red corn. Once tasting, this quickly become not just one of our favorite wheated bourbons of 2024, but one of our favorite Craft products all year long.