Product description
Very Olde St. Nick Bourbon debuted in the mid-1980s intended exclusively for export, particularly to the Japanese market (it never made it to Europe).
It was originally produced by Julian Van Winkle III, whose "bourbon source" at the time was the Stitzel-Weller Distillery. By the start of the new century, the Stitzel-Weller warehouses were empty and Van Winkle contracted Kentucky Bourbon Distillers of Bardstown to bottle Very Olde St. Nick. Where the bourbons came from is a trade secret. We don't know if Very Olde St. Nick is still in production, except that the rights to the brand are now owned by Frank-Lin Distillers.
Nose: caramel, vanilla, raisins, prunes, apples, cinnamon buns, cloves, potpourri, tobacco, notes of wood varnish and charred oak.
Taste: mild, vanilla, chocolate-coated raisins, dried cherries and plums, cinnamon, white pepper, notes of dried mushrooms, leather and oak.
Finish: quite long, with notes of dried fruit, vanilla, honey, cinnamon, candied ginger, leather and oak.