Widow Jane The Vaults 2024 Release Bourbon Whiskey
Widow Jane · Widow Jane Distillery
Widow Jane's The Vaults release is a testament to how water source and blending artistry can channel terroir into bourbon. The Rosendale limestone mine water that defines Widow Jane's character is on full display here—a mineral backbone that gives this whiskey its singular sense of place. In an issue devoted to mineral memory, this bourbon proves that stone can speak through spirit.
Nose
Opens with a distinct wet-stone minerality layered beneath honeycomb and dried apricot. Deeper exploration reveals roasted pecans, baker's chocolate, and a subtle limestone-cave mustiness. A ribbon of caramel sweetness weaves through the earthier notes, grounding everything in warmth.
Palate
The entry is silky and medium-bodied, delivering dark caramel and toasted oak before a striking mineral current emerges mid-palate—like licking a smooth river stone. Brown baking spices and vanilla custard build complexity, while a thread of charred oak and bitter cocoa adds gravitas without heaviness.
Finish
Long and layered, with lingering minerality, leather, and a parting note of roasted pecan that slowly fades to warm stone. The limestone-water signature stays like a memory etched in rock.
- Mash Bill
- Blend of straight bourbons
- Barrel Type
- New charred American oak barrels; finished with proprietary oak and Catskill Mountain mineral water
- Bottled in Bond
- No
- Single Barrel
- No
- Wheated
- No
Cocktail Suggestion
The Bedrock Old Fashioned — 2 oz Widow Jane The Vaults · 0.25 oz raw honey syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Express a wide strip of grapefruit peel over the glass and drop it in · Serve over a single large ice cube
Food Pairing
Thick-cut lamb chops rubbed with crushed rosemary, cracked black pepper, and fleur de sel, grilled over hardwood charcoal until pink at the center. Serve alongside roasted fingerling potatoes tossed in brown butter and a salad of bitter greens with shaved Parmigiano. The lamb's earthy richness and mineral-salt crust mirror the bourbon's stony backbone, while the brown butter echoes its caramel and pecan notes.
Widow Jane draws its proofing water from the legendary Rosendale limestone mines of New York's Hudson Valley—the same bedrock that built the Brooklyn Bridge—infusing every drop with a mineral signature millions of years in the making.
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