The Original Santa Fe Whiskey Mesquite Smoked American Single Malt

A balanced, American Single Malt Whiskey by Santa Fe Spirits in New Mexico made using mesquite instead of peat while smoking their malted barley. aged in American oak barrels for two years in a climate-controlled warehouse. It has a rich birth with white chocolate, vanilla bean, marzipan, floral & wood notes; while a complex life adds notes of hickory wood, black currant, rhubarb & smoke; that led to a balanced death of medium length with notes of raspberry & malted barley. 'Mesquite is one of the most expensive woods in America.' April / September 2019 / July / October / December 2020 / August 2022

I think i get a touch of pear in the nose and the palate. This is good and far different from the bourbons I typically drink.

Tasted neat from a grappa copita after several minutes of rest. This is a "sample" from a DTC subscription received as a gift. The nose of this whiskey is very shy. Faint apple skins, cooked cereal, ethanol. On the palate this is peppery and sour simultaneously. There's a bit of dried apple, an echo of jalepeno against a background of cereal. I'm finding it hard to tease out any specific flavors, but more importantly I'm not really encouraged to go searching. This is a pretty unremarkable whiskey. I need to be fair to this one. It reminds me of the Suntory Toki Japanese whiskey. I found that one also a bit on the boring side sipped neat. It was better with soda in a highball and I suspect this may be also, but I'm unlikely to find out as I don't see a bottle in my future.