Old Rip Van Winkle Handmade Family Reserve 16 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Old Rip Van Winkle Handmade Family Reserve 16 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon WhiskeyAn incredibly rare offering from the Van Winkle family reserve. This was bottled in 1990 by Julian Van Winkle III. His father, Julian II, had retained an office at the old Stitzel Weller distillery following his forced sale of it in the 1970s, but this hospitality was not extended to his son, who had to buy Hoffman distillery in 1983, renaming it Old Commonwealth. There he bottled much of the best regarded whiskey in America, including Nathan Stone's,

we could not tell you much about the provenance other than it tastes incredible - and that's all that matters

storing vast amounts of natural energy before they are ready to be harvested by the “jimadores

along with notes of licorice

distillery let the barrels age in a very rustic

The remaining fruit

honeyed viscosity provides an absolutely brilliant foundation for sophisticated cocktail construction or contemplative neat pouring

Indicative blend: Shiraz 40%

Spent 10 Years Maturing In A 2nd Fill PX Sherry Butt

and the prevailing winds

for every bottle photo posted

and Mourvedre grapes

Neat or in a stirred Rye Old Fashioned