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K.LUKE Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon Batch 8 118.8 proof

K.LUKE Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon Batch 8 118.8 proof

$109.99 Sale

Proof: 118.8

Yield count: 1844 bottles

Tasting Notes:

Warm, rich yet soft vanilla tones, soft ripe peaches, plum, dried cherry, and continually developing brown sugar sweetness. This is a slow and steady growing nose, but perhaps one of the most balanced noses on a K. Luke bourbon to date. 
 
The palate is aged oak, toasted vanilla and chocolate ganache. The spice I’ve noticed more prominently in other batches is much more intertwined this one. The floral and stone fruit bouquet I’ve also noticed jump out more in other batches is refined and controlled here, adding nuance and depth. 

K.LUKE Barrel Strength Bourbon 2023 Awards

  • New York World Wine & Spirits - Double Gold

  • ASCOT Awards - Double Platinum

  • John Barleycorn Awards - Double Gold

  • SIP Awards - Gold

  • UPROXX #27 Bourbon of 2023

  • Fred Minnick #20 Bourbon of 2023

  • San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold, 95 Points

  • SIP Awards - Gold, Consumers’ Choice

About the brand: K.LUKE Whiskey Company owner and blender Jonathan Maisano made his first single barrel trip to Kentucky in the summer of 2014.  Since then, he has tasted over 1,600 barrels and selected more than 400 to be deemed as Maisano Hand Select Single Barrels for retail.  Jonathan is also a first level certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers.  He uses this extensive sensory training when evaluating aroma and flavor profiles in whiskey barrels as there are many similar traits in both wine and whiskey when searching for nuances.  

K.LUKE Whiskey Company small batch blends are created by sourcing from several different distilleries in Kentucky and Indiana with different mash bills up to 36% rye and ages. This allows the focus to be on building multilayered and exciting blends instead of the individual components used to create each blend. Jonathan creates several blends based off his notes and ratings of their barrel inventory, then all blends are run through several rounds of blind tastings with blends being adjusted one barrel at a time by taste (Jonathan and Jennifer do all the blind tastings) until a favorite is decided for bottling.

This is TheSpiritOfBlending.

Proof: 118.8

Yield count: 1844 bottles

Tasting Notes:

Warm, rich yet soft vanilla tones, soft ripe peaches, plum, dried cherry, and continually developing brown sugar sweetness. This is a slow and steady growing nose, but perhaps one of the most balanced noses on a K. Luke bourbon to date. 
 
The palate is aged oak, toasted vanilla and chocolate ganache. The spice I’ve noticed more prominently in other batches is much more intertwined this one. The floral and stone fruit bouquet I’ve also noticed jump out more in other batches is refined and controlled here, adding nuance and depth. 

K.LUKE Barrel Strength Bourbon 2023 Awards

  • New York World Wine & Spirits - Double Gold

  • ASCOT Awards - Double Platinum

  • John Barleycorn Awards - Double Gold

  • SIP Awards - Gold

  • UPROXX #27 Bourbon of 2023

  • Fred Minnick #20 Bourbon of 2023

  • San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold, 95 Points

  • SIP Awards - Gold, Consumers’ Choice

About the brand: K.LUKE Whiskey Company owner and blender Jonathan Maisano made his first single barrel trip to Kentucky in the summer of 2014.  Since then, he has tasted over 1,600 barrels and selected more than 400 to be deemed as Maisano Hand Select Single Barrels for retail.  Jonathan is also a first level certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers.  He uses this extensive sensory training when evaluating aroma and flavor profiles in whiskey barrels as there are many similar traits in both wine and whiskey when searching for nuances.  

K.LUKE Whiskey Company small batch blends are created by sourcing from several different distilleries in Kentucky and Indiana with different mash bills up to 36% rye and ages. This allows the focus to be on building multilayered and exciting blends instead of the individual components used to create each blend. Jonathan creates several blends based off his notes and ratings of their barrel inventory, then all blends are run through several rounds of blind tastings with blends being adjusted one barrel at a time by taste (Jonathan and Jennifer do all the blind tastings) until a favorite is decided for bottling.

This is TheSpiritOfBlending.

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