It’s a full dozen Blood Oaths we’ve taken now, and we have now the scars to show it. The Lux Row-produced collection‘s 2016 launch options one other distinctive ending routine, this one together with a portion of the spirit concluding its growing older in Italian Montepulciano and sangiovese wine casks. The bottom spirit is a mix of three whiskeys, together with two Kentucky bourbons, 9 years outdated and 12 years outdated, each with rye within the recipe. A 3rd ryed bourbon, 7 years outdated, is the one one which’s completed: first in Abruzzo Montepulciano casks then in sangiovese casks.
I’m usually unimpressed by crimson wine finishes, however let’s see what grasp distiller John Rempe has give you this day out of the gate.
Blood Oath Bourbon Whiskey Pact 12 2026 Assessment
Blood Oath releases aren’t at all times wonderful, however this 2026 is a high-quality return to kind. Participating from the beginning, the whiskey is good and seductive on the nostril, melding notes of pepper with intense (and constructing) notes of chocolate, plus extra traditional darkish caramel and vanilla aromas. Extra immersive and evocative than an ordinary bourbon can be at this age, there’s an underbelly of floral notes and an insistent, unique Jap spice, nearly curry-like.
The palate hits with a barely nutty sweetness, melding almond and coconut right into a barely tropical entire. Parts of white flowers, nougat, and butterscotch all come collectively to provide the whiskey a sure summery vibe — which is ideal given the present local weather — with a end that take a barely Asian flip, that includes crushed sesame seed. Late-game flavors are all about dessert — graham crackers, crushed Oreos, and a few Biscoff all in a swirl.
Beloved it, and by no means as soon as did this whiskey evoke ideas of Italy.
98.6 proof. 51,000 bottles produced.
A- / $130 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]
Blood Oath Bourbon Whiskey Pact 12 2026
USD130
