Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaborative Series Chateau de Laubade II
- Sourced
- Limited
- Proof
- 107
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- BourbonBlended Straight Bourbon Whiskies Finished in Chateau de Laubade Armagnac Casks
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“Kentucky and Tennessee bourbon finished in Armagnac casks: toasted oak, cinnamon and dried fruit.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- Heavily toasted oak, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisin, cherry and apricot, with brown sugar, toffee and molasses
- palate
- Peaches and cream, bold rye spice and sweet vanilla cream over cinnamon bread and aged oak
- finish
- Long; cinnamon syrup, clove and rye spice over aged oak, with lingering toffee sweetness
Mash bill
Full grain split not published.
75% corn, 13% rye and 12% malted barley from a 12-year Kentucky bourbon, and 84% corn, 8% rye and 8% malted barley from a 10-year Tennessee bourbon. The proportions of the two are not published. The Kentucky recipe brings rye spice and the low-rye Tennessee one brings sweetness and a little citrus.
- Cask
- Chateau de Laubade Armagnac casks (finishing)
- Finish
- About 16 months in Armagnac casks
Why it's craft
The finishing casks came from Chateau de Laubade, a French Armagnac house, and the bourbon sat in them for about 16 months. The base is a 12-year Kentucky bourbon and a 10-year Tennessee bourbon, neither from Bardstown's own stills, so the whiskey is sourced. The first release in this collaboration was named best in class among finished bourbons at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Pritzker Private Capital has owned Bardstown Bourbon Co. since 2022.
Bardstown Bourbon Company
Corporate-owned · Est. 2014 · Tours