Willett 11 Years Single Barrel No. 321 Gold Wax Sealed Family Estate Rare Release Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 58.5% Vol. bottled exclusively for the 50th Anniversary of Holiday Wine Cellars - very rare bottling of a stunning Willett Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey!
A very rare uncut and unfiltered 11 year old Willett Family Estate Rare Release Single Barrel No. 321 Gold Wax sealed Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, distilled in the early 2000s and matured for 11 years in a American white oak barrel with barrel no. 321 and bottled without the addition of colorants and chill filtration at barrel strength 58.5% vol. / 117 proof in a limited edition for the 50th anniversary of Holiday Wine Cellars in Escondido in the year 2015.
Among connoisseurs and collectors worldwide, the Willett Family Estate Rare Release Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskeys are now regarded as absolutely excellent and are among the most sought-after old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskeys. In particular, the early bottlings under the direction of Even and Martha Kulsveen are coveted rarities today and are among the particularly rare expressions on the market.
A very special piece of whiskey history and exceptionally rare 11 Years Willett Single Barrel No. 321 Gold Wax Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey from the Family Estate Bottled Rare Release Single Barrel Bourbon from Willet from the year 2015 for connoisseurs, the discerning whiskey collector and lovers of exquisite old bourbon whiskeys, which is almost hard to find today!
Willett is a whiskey distillery from Bardstown, Kentucky. It belongs to the Willett/Kulsveen family, which has been based in Bardstown for several centuries. The Willett distillery first opened its doors in the year 1936, shortly after the end of prohibition. It produced high-quality bourbon and rye whiskey and Willett was able to successfully establish itself on the market with its products outside the region around the distillery. In the 1970s, demand for bourbon whiskey fell sharply, which is why the distillery finally had to cease operations due to the bourbon crisis in the 1980s and was bought by Martha Willett s husband, the successful entrepreneur Even Kulsveen. Kulsveen continued to have his company, Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, produce whiskey according to the original Willett recipe and then mature and bottle it at the actual distillery in Bardstown. The Willett/Kulsveen family worked as Kentucky Bourbon Distillers in the whiskey wholesale business until 2012, when they reopened a new distillery for bourbon whiskey and rye whiskey in the old location and renamed themselves Willet Distilling Company.
Willett is now one of the most renowned American whiskey producers with its bottlings and has made a name for itself among lovers and connoisseurs of bourbon and rye whiskeys. The rare old bottlings from the distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, in particular, are now sought-after collector s items, just like the whiskeys from Pappy Van Winkle, George T. Stagg or William Larue Weller, and the now extremely rare bourbon and rye whiskeys fetch exorbitantly high prices at special auctions organised by Bonhams, Kruger or Christie s, with prices continuing to rise.
- Colour: dark gold
- Typ: Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Distillery Bottling
- District: Kentucky - Bardstown
- Vintage: 2004 and ealier
- Age: 11 years old
- Year bottled: 2015
- Cask Wood Type: New White Oak
- Cask No.: 321
- Alcohol ABV% 58.5 / 117 Barrel Proof
- Bottling Series: Family Estate Bottled Rare Release Single Barrel Bourbon - limited Gold Wax Sealed Edition for the 50th anniversary of Holiday Wine Cellars, Escondido
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml (consumer content 750ml)
- Packaging without box
- Producer/Importer: The Willett Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004, USA / Holiday Wine Cellars, Escondido, CA 92025, USA
- Country of Origin: USA - Kentucky
- limited, number unknown - very rare single barrel bottling and special whiskey rarity!
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