Calumet Single Rack Black Straight Bourbon Whiskey 15 Year

Calumet 15 is the Single Rack Black release that Total Wine's reviewers and Drinkhacker both covered in 2021 — fifteen-year Bardstown bourbon at a price that undercut the 13-year Barton bottles from Cream of Kentucky and Buckner's by nearly half. 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 15 is a small batch from a single rack — one rickhouse position, so the barrels aged together — non-chill filtered and bottled at cask-adjacent strength; check your label for the exact proof and batch. Bourbon Bossman calls the 16 a solid notch above it, which still leaves it a serious old bourbon: expect a nose of dark cherry, brown sugar, leather, and barrel char, opening into a rich, high-rye palate of caramel, clove, tobacco, and dry, musty oak with a long, tannic finish. Honest note: Total Wine's tasters split on the 14 and 15 — some found a medicinal cherry note, others called them instant classics — and Barton fans will recognize the house. Neat, in a Glencairn. Fifteen years, one rack.

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