Corti Brothers Amador County Mission del Sol Barrel Enhanced Whiskey

Description

Whiskey: Corti Brothers Amador County Mission del Sol Barrel Enhanced

For this whiskey, Amador Distillery, a Central California craft distillery, acquired 13 casks of a seven year old, 2006 Kentucky bourbon (70% corn, 25% rye, 5% barley) and finished it for about eight months in casks which had held Harbor Winery Mission del Sol for the previous 40 years. An Amador County, high alcohol dessert wine that is no longer being produced, Mission del Sol is made from late harvest Mission grapes.

Size: 750ML

Proof: 90.5 (45.25% ABV)

Origin: United States

Distillery: Amador Distillery

Corti Brothers is a well known and loved Sacramento gourmet store. Owner Darrell Corti is a legend in the California food and wine world, known as one of the pioneers of the modern gourmet food movement. Corti knows his way around spirits as well; they even did a private bottling of 20 year old Van Winkle bourbon back in the ’90s.

Corti Brothers Amador County Mission del Sol Barrel Enhanced Tasting Notes

Nose: The nose on this is pure port with some brown sugar.

Palate: The palate is similarly big on wine with fruity port or sherry.Digging deep, there is a caramel bourbon note underneath.

Finish: Oaky Finish.

Distillery Information

Amador Whiskey Co. Double Barrel Bourbon began its journey in Kentucky, where almost 300 barrels of 3- to 10-year bourbons aging in charred American oak were purchased. These barrels traveled to St. Helena, California, where Amador Whiskey Co (owned by Trinchero Family Estates) transfers the bourbon into the family’s Napa Valley wine barrels for an extra 6 months of finishing.