Bond & Lillard Batch 2 The Whiskey Barons Collection Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Part of the The Whiskey Barons Series from Campari, this is Bond & Lillard Batch 2.
Pitched as ‘an ambitious undertaking to recreate the taste of the original Pre-Prohibition liquids’, each whiskey in the series was created by ‘consulting original tasting notes from historical files, finding old product descriptions from packaging, and interviewing surviving family members’.

This release is named after William F. Bond and Christopher C. Lillard, who partnered to create a golden, delicate style of Kentucky bourbon in 1869. Before Prohibition, Bond & Lillard distillery was highly revered and awarded the Grand Prize at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Campari launched Whiskey Barons Collection in 2017 to bring attention to these lost Lawrenceburg bourbon brands.
Bond & Lillard Bourbon Whiskey Batch 2 was distilled at Wild Turkey distillery under Eddie Russell’s supervision and released in 2019.

    Nose:    Butter toffee, vanilla spice, caramel drizzle, fragrant oak, honey, lemon zest, clove, herbal and floral spice.

    Taste:    Caramel, vanilla icing, white pepper, charred oak, herbal tea, clove, nutmeg, hints of leather.

    Finish:    Medium-long, with toasted vanilla, spicy oak, clove, cinnamon, sassafras, pepper, orange peel, faint tobacco and leather.