Calumet Single Rack Black Straight Bourbon Whiskey 14 Year

Calumet 14 was the bottle that started the Single Rack Black line in 2020 — fourteen-year Bardstown bourbon at $110 when the 14-year Barton stock in Blue Run and Lucky 7 was going for $200. Calumet Farm is the Lexington thoroughbred stable behind eight Kentucky Derby winners; the bourbon is Western Spirits' label, drawn from a large private stock the label says was distilled and aged in Bardstown — which, with the 74% corn, 18% rye, 8% malted barley mash bill, points to Barton 1792. Bourbon Culture explains the pricing: Western Spirits bought the barrels young and matured them at its own site, cutting the cost that makes most 14-plus-year Kentucky bourbon a $200 bottle. The 14 is a small batch from a single rack — one rickhouse position, so the barrels aged together — non-chill filtered and bottled at high proof; check your label for the exact proof and batch. Bourbon Bossman, who came to the brand through this bottle in 2020, calls the line's legacy releases a love affair; Total Wine's tasters split, some finding a medicinal cherry note in the 14 and 15, others calling them instant classics. Expect a nose of cherry, brown sugar, leather, and barrel char, opening into a high-rye palate of caramel, clove, tobacco, and musty oak with a long, drying finish. Honest note: Barton distillate at fourteen is an old-oak profile — for the drinker who wants age and can taste it, not for the sweet-tooth. Neat, in a Glencairn. Fourteen years, one rack.

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