Bardstown Bourbon Company Distillery Reserve Normandie Calvados Brandy Barrel Finish
- Sourced
- Limited
- Proof
- 104.2
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- BourbonStraight Bourbon Whiskey Finished 28 Months in Calvados Brandy Barrels, then 4 Months in Toasted Oak
- MSRP
- $99.99
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“Aged bourbon finished 28 months in apple brandy barrels: raspberry, baked apple and crème brûlée.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- Baking spice, vanilla and fragrant oak with raspberry, dark cherry and chocolate-covered cherry
- palate
- Juicy raspberry, baked apple, vanilla and caramel with pie crust and toasted oak, velvety and rich
- finish
- Crème brûlée over light baking spice, red fruit and tapering toasted oak
Mash bill
- Corn75%
- Rye21%
- Malted barley4%
75% corn, 21% rye, 4% malted barley. This is a blend of 12-year and 13-year Indiana bourbons that share one high-rye recipe, so the rye spice runs under the orchard-fruit finish.
- Cask
- Calvados brandy barrels, then toasted oak (finishing)
- Finish
- 28 months in Calvados barrels, then 4 months in toasted oak
Why it's craft
This bourbon spent 28 months in barrels that held Calvados, the apple brandy of Normandy, and four more months in toasted oak. Both components are Indiana bourbon aged 12 and 13 years, none of it Bardstown's own, so the whiskey is sourced. It closed the 2025 Distillery Reserve series and was sold in 375 ml bottles. Pritzker Private Capital has owned Bardstown Bourbon Co. since 2022.
Bardstown Bourbon Company
Corporate-owned · Est. 2014 · Tours