Van Winkle 1974 Family Reserve 17 Year Old Red Wax - 750ml George T Stagg 2009 scoring 97

scoring 97

Very Special Old Fitzgerald

a whiskey with a uniquely convoluted history

ripe apples

this bourbon has remained untouched for 15 years and unhurried by time

Van Winkle 1974 Family Reserve 17 Year Old Red Wax - 750ml George T Stagg 2009 scoring 97Van Winkle 1974 Family Reserve 17 Year Old An incredibly rare offering from the Van Winkle family reserve. This was bottled in 1991 by Julien Van Winkle III. His father, Julian II had retained an office at the old Stitzel Weller distillery following his forced sale of it in the 1970's, but this hospitality was not extended to his son, who had to buy Hoffman distillery in 1983, re naming it Old Commonwealth. There he bottled much of the best regarded