Wathen’s Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Tasting Notes
Nose: Aroma of caramel, vanilla, honey, violet and milk chocolate.
Palate: Notes of caramel, coffee and butterscotch,touches of figs, berries and dried fruits.
Finish: Warming finish that has touches of creamy vanilla, buttered bread and oaky spices.
Distillery Information
The Wathen-Medley family has been distilling premium bourbon for 8 generations, beginning more than 100 years before prohibition. When the 21st amendment was ratified in the winter of 1933, Thomas Aquinas Medley began distilling and releasing unaged spirits to get started, much like the whiskey producers of today. Thomas Aquinas Medley first produced bourbon and sold it as a 30 day old spirit. This was a far cry from his aged bourbons of pre-prohibition, but people were ecstatic! Next came a 60 day bourbon. And so it went until sufficient reserves had been built and a sufficiently aged bourbon could be offered.
