Virginia Distillery Co. Courage & Conviction Cuvée Cask
- Grain to glass
- Non-chill filtered
- Core range
- Proof
- 92
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- MaltAmerican Single Malt Whisky
- MSRP
- $67.99~$79.99 street
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“Virginia single malt matured in red wine casks that were shaved, toasted and re-charred.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- plum and dark raspberry folded into pastry cream, with chocolate torte, clove and a hint of light-roast coffee
- palate
- tart cherry and blood orange, then cocoa, burnt sugar, cinnamon stick and a little earthy black tea
- finish
- candied walnut and ginger linger alongside berry compote, settling into baking spice
Mash bill
- Malted barley100%
100% malted barley. The barley is grown and malted in the Midwest and milled in Lovingston on a 1920s Boby mill, and the distillery ferments it into a wash of about 8% alcohol for its pot stills.
- Cask
- First-fill European red wine casks, shaved, toasted and re-charred (STR)
Awards
- Double Gold — San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2021
- Platinum — ASCOT Awards 2021
Why it's craft
The casks for this single malt held red wine in Europe and were then shaved, toasted and re-charred, a treatment called STR that draws sugars and wine aromas out of the wood along with caramel, toffee and vanilla. Virginia Distillery Co. makes the whisky from start to finish in Lovingston, double distilling malted barley on Scottish-made copper pot stills, and bottles it at natural color without chill filtration. Dr. George G. Moore founded the distillery, and his family still owns it.
Virginia Distillery Co.
Family-owned · Est. 2011 · Tours