This is a new Tennessee Whiskey. And i know what most of you are thinking: there is only one Tennessee Whiskey in the world, Jack Daniel's. Well, actually there are 11 Tennessee Whiskey brands, only a handful are really "famous". For legal and didactic purposes, a Tennessee Whiskey is essentially a bourbon that is subject to an extra step in the making, a process called "The Lincoln County Process", which is charcoal mellowing the whiskey. Ok, so here is the now very famous story of Uncle Nearest. For more than 150 years, history told us that a Boy called Jasper Newton Daniels (Jack Daniels) learned how to make whiskey from a preacher called Dan Call, and that boy founded Jack Daniel's distillery at the age of 16. Well, in june 2016, New York Times released an article that basically said that Jack Daniels really learned how to make whisky from an African American Slave called Nathaniel Green; often called "Nearis" (a spelling mistake for "Nearest"), and supposedly, Jack would have owned him as a Slave. This theory was born because of a picture where Jack is shown sitting beside an African American which is Nathaniel's son. One year later on 2017, the whole story was completed, and it has been proven that Nearest Green was not a Slave for JD, since slavery was abolished two years before young Jasper started the distillery. At the same time, The JD distillery acknowledged the story and recognized Nathaniel "Nearest" Green as the first "head Distiller" (nowadays Master Distiller) of Jack Daniels, and he actually teached young Jasper how to make whiskey, under the order of Dan Call, the preacher. Ok, lets talk about the spirit itself. It is actually pretty good. Bottled at 50%abv (100 Proof), tawny color. NOSE: As soon as you uncork the bottle, you blindly say "oh, its a Jack Daniel's"! On the Glencairn, started as your typical american whiskey: Banana, Caramel, Vanilla, maple syrup, prunes; so... your standard Jack Daniel's. But then, letting it breath, it released a lot more. Glue, cherries, tobacco, coffee, RUM AND RAISINS ICE CREAM (WOW). After the first sip it gave me dulce de leche and vanilla ice cream. Cinnamon, lemon leaf and toasted bread. Very complex, very well crafted. The high abv does its job here. On the palate, it is good: burnt caramel for 3 seconds then a spice pepper bomb explodes; red fruits and gum. Prunes and Vanilla on the second sip. Aftertaste is very particular. A Scorching pepper bomb, vanilla and oak. Second sip gave me a very bitter finish, bitter green prunes. Overall, this is a very good whiskey. It won a lot of prizes, and you can think it is because of its political story, but it is not. This is actually a powerful dram with a strong character. I really liked it, my score for it is 90 over 100. Cheers!