Brooklyn-based Widow Jane<\/a> continues to prove that blending is serious business, and its devotion to experimentation isn\u2019t going to stop even under its newish ownership of Heaven Hill.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Vaults\u201d releases have arrived annually since 2019, each of them well-aged bourbons with often unusual finishing. The fifth Vaults release, from late 2024, is probably its most extreme yet, using polarizing Brazilian amburana wood casks to finish a 15-year-old blended bourbon.<\/p>\n As Widow Jane head blender Sienna Jevremov notes, amburana is \u201ca bombastic wood,\u201d and it has a massive impact on whiskey. I was excited to see how it would fare with a very well-aged bourbon that sees the inclusion of barrels as old as 20 years of age. Thoughts follow.<\/p>\n Bombastic is no joke: This whiskey evokes bold aromas right away that will challenge most bourbon connoisseurs: almond and banana are prominent, with a nice bit of dill and a light slick of furniture polish on top. It\u2019s very exotic but surprisingly well-rounded and engaging.<\/p>\n The palate quickly takes you into a deep dive that is dominated by one element over all others: coconut. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve encountered a whiskey that has a more vibrant and vivid coconut flavor than this one, which gives The Vaults a very sweet quality that is impossible to shake. Continuing notes of dill give the whiskey a considerable pickly quality, but this fades in the face of what follows \u2014 big banana and bubble gum notes, followed by sweet marshmallow cream.<\/p>\n The finish remains incredibly tropical, again touched with herbs (more dill) and a reprise of banana and coconut. Hints of strawberry take things in yet another direction on the fade out.<\/p>\n There\u2019s nothing about this whiskey that isn\u2019t unique, and even if you\u2019re not normally a fan of amburana, I think it\u2019s something worth tasting at least once.<\/p>\n 99 proof.<\/p>\n A- \/ $250 \/ widowjane.com<\/a> [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t$250<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.drinkhacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/widow-jane-vaults-2024-igor-kraguljac-02.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWidow Jane The Vaults 15 Years Old 2024<\/h2>\n