Very Olde St. Nick 1989 Season 16 Years Christmas Dream Handmade Small Barrel Aged Green Wax Sealed Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 40.0% Vol.. - rare old bottling of a great Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey for the Japanese market!
This rare and great vintage 1989 Season 16 year old handmade Very Old St. Nick Kentucky Straigth Bourbon Whiskey with the green wax capsule and a beautiful amber colour comes from the limited Christmas Dream Rare Bourbon series and was bottled without the addition of colourants and chill filtration at 40.0% vol / 80 proof in the year 2005/2006. This exceptional bottling was probably produced as a small barrel vintage whiskey in the late 1980s at the Stitzel-Weller distillery in Lawrenceburg or the old Heaven Hill distillery and comes from the exceptional series of first-class bourbon and rye whiskeys from the Olde St. Nick Distillery in Bardstown.
Very Olde St. Nick is a whiskey label under which bottlings from Julian Van Winkle and Willett were bottled and marketed exclusively for the Japanese export market in the early 2000s. At that time, the Japanese market was much more interested in rare and old bourbon and rye whiskeys and the demand was greater than in the USA. These old bourbon and rye whiskeys all came from the same sources as the legendary old Willett, Black Maple Hill and Stitzel Weller bottlings from this period.
In response to a question about Very Olde St. Nick, Julian Van Winkle gave the following answer on Straight Bourbon in the year 2000: Olde St. Nick was bottled by Even Kulsveen in Bardstown. He buys his whisky from Heaven Hill. The label was created by a lady in California a few years ago who sells my whisky in Japan. I used to actually bottle these whiskeys for her and they were shipped to Japan. But years ago I didn't have as much older whiskey as I needed, so she switched to Evan Kulsveen, who had the Heaven Hill supply.
Only very few bottles of this exceptional Very Olde St. Nick Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey have found their way to Europe and even at the special auctions of Bonhams, Krüger and Christies, this exceptional bourbon was almost impossible to find. A special piece of whiskey history and a rare expression for connoisseurs, discerning whiskey collectors and lovers of fine old bourbon whiskeys!
- Colour: amber
- Typ: Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Distillery Bottling
- District: Bardstown - Kentucky
- Vintage: 1989
- Year bottled: 2005-2006
- Age: 16 years old
- Cask Wood Type: Charred New White Oak
- Alcohol ABV% 40.0 - 80 Proof
- Bottling Series: Christmas Dream Small Barrel Rare Bourbon Whiskey - green wax sealed
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml (consumer content 75cl / 750ml)
- NOTE: capsule is cracked - see pictures
- Packaging without box
- Producer/Importer: Olde St. Nick Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
- Country of Origin: USA - Kentucky
- Unique bottling and special collector's whiskey!
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