Lottas Home 13 Year Old Papa's Private Reserve Rye 1998
One of just 60 bottles, this is an incredibly rare rye whiskey bottled in Lawrenceburg by the Old Commonwealth Distillery Co for Macha Weine & Feines in Germany. It is named Lottas home after one of the owner's daughters and the whiskey contained is the same used for the legendary Van Winkle Family Reserve.
Released in 1998 when the whiskey was actually 13 years old. The Van Winkle Family Reserve rye continued to age in cask until 2004 when it was eventually tanked. They are all labelled as 13 years old regardless. The 1998 bottling was the inaugural, and exclusive to the Japanese market, however this is a private release for Macha Weine and Feines in German. The owners daughter was named Lotte.
The Family Reserve Rye is presumed to have been distilled at Medley in Owensboro, with Cream of Kentucky rye from Bernheim blended through it after it was tanked in 2004. As of 2018, the rye batches have been bottled using whiskey distilled at Buffalo Trace, after the original reseres were finally depleted in 2016.
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Please note: Due to the various ages of bottles and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer's discretion and no claim can be lodged against failure/leakage in transit.