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.
