Widow Jane The Vaults 15 Year Old Bourbon

Widow Jane The Vaults 15 Year Old Bourbon, 2023 edition, is a collection of the distillery's oldest and rarest whiskeys from Tennessee and Indiana. They have aged at least 15 years and meticulously blended, only ever in extremely small batches, before being finished for three months in air-seasoned casks at Widow Jane's Red Hook rickhouse.

Each release in The Vaults collection is highlighted by bold flavors, including those imparted by the specific wood it was finished, a different wood harvested from various regions every year, and with varying amounts of air-seasoning to the staves the casks are raised from. The Vaults 2023's finishing barrels were made from Chinquapin Oak staves harvested from trees grown on a limestone-rich shelf in Northern Kentucky and air-seasoned for at least 48 months, withstanding the often dramatic shifts in weather conditions typical of the mid-South.

The Vaults shows the impact of rare and fragile finishing wood on older bourbons. Blending these exceptional bourbons chosen from their Tennessee and Indiana stocks was meticulous, finding the gems in the bunch and layering in flavor through barrels as old as 20 years. Finishing the whiskey in this slow-growing Kentucky oak allowed for deeper whiskey saturation, resulting in a spirit that American whiskey collectors are sure to appreciate.

Aroma: Toasted Marshmallow, Pear Turnover, Honeydew, Cinnamon.

Palate: Honeycomb, Butterscotch, Raisin, Molasses, Dried Apricots, Root Beer.

Finish: Pralines and Cream, Roasted Oolong, Black Walnut, Licorice.