Proof: 114.8

Mash bill: 100% malted barley

Tasting Notes: A warm nose of poached pear, vanilla curd, cardamom, and light cedar leads to a luxurious palate of raspberries, wild honey, clove, and graham cracker.

About Edition no.3: Distilled by Starward, a distillery based in Melbourne, Australia, which produces, among other whiskies, Australian Single Malt aged exclusively in red wine barrels. Four to five years old, considered full maturity in Melbourne’s warm climate. A blend of 28 barrels.

Description: In our Collaboration Series, Pinhook co-founder and master blender Sean Josephs teams up with experts from other sensory-rich fields to craft inventive special edition whiskeys in a creative project that epitomizes Pinhook’s unique approach to whiskey-making: sourcing great barrels of whiskey and meticulously blending to artfully bring out their finest characteristics. This very limited series expands the possibilities of whiskey and pays tribute to the distillers and palates we most admire.

JORDAN SALCITO

In this third edition, Sean revisited his wine roots with Jordan Salcito, our 2024 collaborator. Jordan is an internationally renowned sommelier with a storied career in the wine world and at leading restaurants including Restaurant Daniel, Eleven Madison Park, and Momofuku where her wine list was named the “Most Original Wine List in the World” by World of Fine Wine Magazine. In 2016, she founded Drink RAMONA, a family of award-winning Italian spritzes. She bonded with Sean Josephs over their shared love of wine and backgrounds as sommeliers. Together, they blended this extraordinary Australian whisky from four distinct styles of Starward Australian Single Malt, which had been exclusively aged in red wine barrels, further bridging the worlds of wine and whiskey.