- Proof
- 108.3
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- BourbonBourbon Whiskey
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“A high-rye blend of Indiana and Kentucky bourbons, some barrels 11 years old, bottled without chill filtration.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- vanilla and caramel with a lift of cinnamon
- palate
- toffee and nougat, black cherry and more cinnamon
- finish
- long; cinnamon and nutmeg hold beside black cherry, settling into cocoa
Mash bill
A blend of several whiskeys, so no single grain split.
Corn and rye in a high-rye bourbon recipe; Belle Meade has not published the proportions. The brand says the extra rye is there for added spice. The component bourbons were distilled by MGP in Indiana and Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky.
- Cask
- New charred oak
- Best served
- neat, over ice, with a splash of water, or in a cocktail
Why it's craft
Reserve is the higher-strength bottling of Belle Meade, picked from barrels averaging seven to 11 years old and bottled without chill filtration. Belle Meade is blended, not distilled, by brothers Andy and Charlie Nelson: the bourbon comes from MGP in Indiana and Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky, and the brothers hold the barrels and decide when each is ready. They created the brand while reviving their family's Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, left that company after Constellation Brands took control, and regained the Belle Meade rights at the end of 2024, relaunching it in Nashville in 2025.
Belle Meade Bourbon
Family-owned