We’re meant to appreciate these nuances in a non-traditional manner. (It’s quite possible that someone buying a bottle of spirits-barrel-aged wine would want its ABV on the higher side, especially if they traditionally drink liquor.) It makes for an extremely easy-drinking experience, despite the fact bottles regularly approach and often hit the 16-percent ABV mark. Texturally, their tannins are so well integrated they’re practically unnoticeable. Charred oak and smoky notes dominate both nose and palate, while rich berry compote and sweet vanilla are a distant and very faint afterthought. Spirits-barrel-aged wines don’t taste like the whiskeys or rums that previously occupied their casks, nor do they taste like most Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon. The thing is, that’s exactly why everyone making and buying it likes it so much.
Everything from the taste, to serving vessel, to packaging, to promotion moves these beverages as far from that thing stuffy people like to call “wine” as possible.Īnd so it’s not wine, at least not in a traditional or recognizable way. “Today we’re selling 20.”Īt this point, those who look down on the category might argue these aren’t “real” wines. “We had just five labels a year ago,” Mike Osborn, founder, says. 198 Cabernet Sauvignon Bourbon Barrel Aged. Even Sam’s Club is enjoying a slice of the pie with Batch No. Terlato owns The Federalist, The Wine Group makes Stave and Steel, and Treasury Wine Estates offers a line of bourbon-barrel-aged wines through its Beringer Bros. Constellation released a bourbon-barrel-aged Robert Mondavi Private Selection Cabernet Sauvignon the same year, and launched Cooper & Thief, a dedicated spirits-barrel-aged brand, in March 2017. Gallo entered the sector with Apothic Inferno in 2016. Every major American wine brand has a line aged in spirits barrels.
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