High N' Wicked No. 8 "The Jury" 15 Year Straight Bourbon Whiskey is produced in Tennessee and features a mashbill of 84% corn, 8% rye and 8% malted barley. It is aged for 14 years in new #4 char American white oak and finished for 12 months in Ex-Tinta Negra Madeira casks. Bottled at 104 proof, the whiskey is available for $119.99. High N' Wicked, founded in 2019, specializes in whiskies and offers small production expressions and limited releases.
All that yields rich vanilla and red fruit aromas, and a citric, mouthwatering palate that suggests lemon peel and cranberry layered with toasted almond and oak, drying to leather and baking spices on the exhale.
“The Jury” takes a big swing that results in interesting flavor combinations we rarely see in aged American spirits. However, it’s difficult to ignore the possibility that the cask finish — certainly far from a total miss — is compensating for less-than-stellar bourbon.
