Blood Oath Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Pact No.12

Pact No. 12 is his most internationally influenced release to date. The blend combines three components: 9-year and 12-year ryed bourbons that provide the mature, spicy foundation, and a 7-year ryed bourbon that underwent sequential finishing — first in Montepulciano casks from Italy's Abruzzo region, then in Sangiovese casks from Tuscany. Montepulciano is a fruit-forward dry red wine grape that infuses the bourbon with deep notes of ripe black cherry, leather, and spiced cocoa. Sangiovese — the grape behind Chianti and most of Tuscany's great red wines — contributes ripe red fruit, dried herbs, and a savory, almost herbaceous edge. The two casks work sequentially, each building on what the previous laid down, creating a bourbon profile that reads as simultaneously American and Italian in character. Total allocation: 51,000 bottles. Each comes in the signature embossed glass with a burgundy and gold label in a fire-branded wooden display box.