Old Orleans
Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished with Toasted French Revere Oak
Blending 4.5 to 6-year aged bourbon barrels and further finishing in toasted French Revere Oak, creates a soft and refined taste and mouthfeel.
It is believed the book Moby Dick (Melville, 1851) contained one of the first references to bourbon in American literature, “Old Orleans,” a nod to the trip bourbon took by boat down the Ohio River to the City of New Orleans. During the trip in new charred oak barrels, the whiskey turned to the deep color we are familiar with. Given the French influence on bourbon, we thought it was fitting to finish some of the best corn, rye and malted barley mash bill barrels with toasted French Revere Oak. The result from using this tighter grain expensive wood is an elegant, toasted aroma and silky mouthfeel found only in the finest whiskeys.
The barrels for OLD ORLEANS are married together for twenty-eight days prior to being slow proofed down one point a day until the targeted proof is reached. An expensive process, but one that creates the flavor and mouthfeel found in only the finest whiskeys.
Specs
94 proof
Aged 4.5 TO 6 YEARS
Finished with toasted French revere oak
Non-chill filtered
56 degree limestone filtered water
Barrel staves: Char #4
Barrel heads: Char #2
Individually numbered 750ml bottles
Tasting Notes
AROMA: Toasted Oak, brown sugar and cinnamon, fruit pastry, vanilla.
TASTE: Soft and refined, Honey, Dark fruit, toasted oak, milk chocolate, French toast, vanilla.
MOUTHFEEL: Excellent mouthfeel, creamy and viscous, which is the tell tale sign of a high quality whiskey.
Mash Bill Combination
Batch 1: Bottled 6/18/2024 - 2,301 Bottles of 4.5 to 6 year whiskey
