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Description
Rare early Van Winkle Special Reserve Lot A bourbon, distilled in fall 1979 and bottled in 1991 by Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.
Van Winkle
Van Winkle Special Reserve Lot A 12 Year Old, 1979, 45.2%
Catalog product detail, market evidence, tasting notes, reviews, and collection actions.
TypeBourbon Whiskey
MRI
Average Score
N.A
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- Type
- Bourbon Whiskey
- Region
- Kentucky
- Age
- 12 Years
- Vintage
- 1979
- Bottled
- N.A
- ABV
- 45.2%
- Volume
- 75cl
- Distillery
- Van Winkle
- Origin
- United States
- Cask type
- Bourbon
- Bottling
- Official Bottling
- Peated
- Unpeated
- Single cask
- No
- Non-chill filtered
- N.A
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- N.A
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- N.A
- Bottle count
- N.A
- Has box
- N.A
- Closure
- Cork with red foil seal
- Presentation
- Green glass bottle
- Series highlights
- Early Van Winkle Special Reserve Lot A release; green-glass presentation.
- Historical context
- Distilled in 1979 and bottled in the early Old Rip Van Winkle Lawrenceburg era, with this bottle described as bottled in 1991.
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- Luscious, complex toffee and spice.
- Palate
- Round and supple, with caramel, nuts and brown spices.
- Finish
- Dry and expansive, with a modest presence of alcohol.