The 2023 version of The Vaults from Brooklyn’s Widow Jane Distillery is a group of the distillery’s oldest and rarest whiskeys, from Tennessee and Indiana, aged a minimal of 15 years and blended, solely ever in extraordinarily small batches, earlier than being completed for 3 months in air-seasoned casks at Widow Jane’s Purple Hook rickhouse. The Vaults 2023 is Widow Jane’s first nationwide bourbon launched beneath the path and supervision of Sienna Jevremov, who was named head distiller and blender in October 2022.
Every launch in The Vaults assortment is highlighted by the precise wooden wherein it was completed; a special wooden yearly harvested from numerous areas and with totally different quantities of air-seasoning to the staves the casks are raised from. The Vaults 2023’s ending barrels have been created from Chinquapin Oak staves harvested from timber grown on a limestone-rich shelf in Northern Kentucky and air-seasoned for at the very least 48 months, withstanding the usually dramatic shifts in climate circumstances typical of the mid-South.
Says Sienna Jevremov, “The Vaults permits us to discover the fascinating dimensions of each prolonged time resting and distinctive oak decisions on the character of bourbon. Mixing these distinctive bourbons from our Tennessee and Indiana shares was a meticulous course of, discovering gems within the bunch, then layering in taste by way of matchmaking of 15-year-old with 20- year-old whiskey. Lastly marrying them with the distinct flavors of this slow-growing KY white oak species (Quercus muehlenbergii), the results of which is a spirit that whiskey collectors are certain to treasure.”
As is the case with all Widow Jane whiskeys, The Vaults 2023 is non-chill filtered and proofed with the pure limestone mineral water from the Rosendale Mines of New York, simply 100 miles north of the distillery. This yr’s launch is 49.5% ABV (99 proof) and has an SRP of $249/750 ml.
GSN’s Remarks: Beautiful nostril of wealthy caramel, baking spice, toasted meringue, pralines and brown bread. A lightweight contact on the entry which is crammed with excessive notes and a semi-dry character courtesy of the barrel. Extra wooden than char, and a peppery, prickly heat in direction of the again of the palate. The flavors hit on all sides, with the roof of the mouth getting a significant portion of the flavour. After a couple of minutes, a dessert-like sweetness creeps in and stays for properly over ten minutes, including a sweetness which hadn’t been hinted at at first. There’s so much occurring on this launch that advantages from the Chinquapin Oak. An additional lengthy end ends on a nice word, leaving you begging for one only one extra contemplative sip. GSN Ranking: A+
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