Strehn Blaufrankisch Classic 2015The Strehn blaufrankisch grows primarily on limestone soil and is fermented spontaneously with ambient yeast in stainless steel. A food friendly wine with lively acidity, dark fruit and peppery spice. Crunchy with the lightest coating of tannins and a sour cherry finish, bring it to your next barbecue.

CHAIRMAN'S TROPHY - Ultimate Beverage Challenge 2015

plums and apricots on the palate

the palate introduces toffee

Taylor also implemented several innovative distilling techniques

By using sour mash to catalyze the fermentation process (sour mash refers to the art of using a small amount of spent mash from an older batch of whiskey in order to catalyze fermentation in a new batch of whiskey)

revealing a very mature

and the ranch owner abruptly decided to move his ranch to another part of the state

distilled in October 2007

has made a strong name for himself producing surprisingly complex whiskies at relatively younger ages

Keep it simple and let the bourbon shine through

The end result is a robust

with 51-53% rye in the mash bill