Van Winkle 17 Year Old Family Reserve 101 Proof 1974 (1 Bottle 75cl)

Van Winkle 17 Year Old Family Reserve 101 Proof 1974

Barreled in 1974, bottled in 1991 Van Winkle Distilling Company, Japanese Export, bottle #91357 red wax capsule very slightly chipped, back label very lightly scuffed and worn, original carton worn and damaged

Julian Van Winkle III bottled about 1,500 cases of 17-year-old whiskey for export to Japan – which is how he got away with using dripping red waxherwise a trademark of Maker’s Mark. The whiskey inside came from the Boone distillery, the same that went into his reputation-staking green-glass bottles of 20-year-old bourbon at the end of the 1990s.

1 bottle 75cl (original carton)

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