Taconic Distillery Straight Bourbon Finished in Cabernet Casks
- Grain to glass
- Non-chill filtered
- Core range
- Proof
- 90
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- BourbonStraight Bourbon Whiskey
- MSRP
- $46.00~$55.99 street
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“Taconic's flagship bourbon given six months in Napa Cabernet barrels.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- allspice and red wine over caramel, toffee and peanut brittle, with plum, raspberry and grape skin
- palate
- caramel and vanilla with bananas foster, then cherry skins, raisins, red grape and blackberry cobbler
- finish
- long; soft maraschino cherry and cocoa-laden oak, turning tannic while the fruit lingers
Mash bill
- Corn70%
- Rye25%
- Malted barley5%
70% corn, 25% rye, 5% malted barley. The base is Taconic's Dutchess Private Reserve, its flagship bourbon of New York-grown corn, rye and barley. The wine character comes from the finishing casks rather than the grain.
- Cask
- New charred American oak, then Napa Cabernet wine casks
- Finish
- Napa Cabernet wine cask finish, 6 months
Why it's craft
Taconic takes its own six-year Dutchess Private Reserve, distilled on its farm in Stanfordville, and moves it into used Napa Cabernet casks for half a year, which pushes it toward red fruit and cocoa. The base whiskey starts from New York-grown grain the family distilled itself. Paul and Carol Ann Coughlin founded the distillery in 2013 and the family still owns it.
Taconic Distillery
Family-owned · Est. 2013