🥃🥃 Tasting Notes
Appearance:
Deep antique amber with rich mahogany and copper highlights, showing the concentration expected from more than two decades of barrel maturation.
Aroma:
Immediately mature and deeply concentrated, with dark caramel, brown sugar, dried fig, vanilla, and antique oak. Pipe tobacco develops alongside baking spice, toasted nuts, leather, and darker dried-fruit notes as the whiskey rests in the glass.
Palate:
Powerful, mature, and exceptionally concentrated:
Dark caramel provides a rich foundation
Brown sugar adds deep caramelized sweetness
Dried fig contributes concentrated fruit
Dried cherry introduces additional dark-fruit character
Vanilla bean softens the mature oak
Toffee adds richness through the mid-palate
Cinnamon provides warming spice
Clove adds darker baking-spice complexity
Pipe tobacco contributes unmistakable maturity
Leather introduces an antique whiskey character
Toasted nuts add savory richness
Seasoned oak reflects the extraordinary 22-year maturation
Barrel spice builds progressively across the palate
115.8 Proof provides tremendous concentration and structure
Cask-strength bottling preserves the whiskey's full intensity
Unfiltered presentation maintains its rich natural texture
Finish:
Exceptionally long, warming, and mature, with lingering seasoned oak, dark caramel, dried fruit, tobacco, leather, vanilla, cinnamon, and barrel spice. The sweetness gradually recedes while antique oak and tobacco remain, creating the contemplative finish expected from an exceptionally mature bourbon.
Pure Antique 22 Year Straight Bourbon Whiskey Lot 2 represents a category of bourbon that has become increasingly difficult to encounter: genuinely old American whiskey bottled in an exceptionally small lot and presented at full cask strength without filtration.
With its 22-year age statement, 115.8 Proof bottling strength, mature flavor profile, and extraordinarily limited production, Pure Antique 22 Year is designed for collectors and enthusiasts seeking whiskey where age isn't simply printed on the label—it defines the entire drinking experience.
For collectors of Pure Antique, Preservation Distillery, ultra-aged bourbon, cask-strength whiskey, and rare 20+ year American whiskey, this 22 Year Lot 2 release represents one of the most mature and limited expressions in the Pure Antique collection.
Description
Pure Antique 22 Year Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750mL) — Lot 2 | 115.8 Proof | Cask Strength & Unfiltered | Ultra-Rare 22 Year Bourbon
Experience more than two decades of American whiskey maturation with Pure Antique 22 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey, an extraordinarily limited release from Preservation Distillery + Farm in Bardstown, Kentucky.
Carrying a remarkable 22-year age statement, Pure Antique represents some of the oldest and scarcest whiskey selected for Preservation's boutique collection.
This specific Lot 2 release is bottled at a powerful 115.8 Proof (57.9% ABV) at cask strength and without filtration, preserving the extraordinary concentration, texture, and mature barrel character developed over more than two decades.
Pure Antique takes an unusually small-scale approach to ultra-aged bourbon. Rather than combining large numbers of barrels to create a uniform profile, releases are assembled from only a handful of exceptional mature casks. The resulting lots can consist of as few as one to three barrels, producing remarkably small quantities of finished whiskey.
After 22 years in oak, Pure Antique develops the kind of mature profile rarely encountered in contemporary bourbon: concentrated caramelized sugar, dried fig, dark fruit, vanilla, pipe tobacco, baking spice, leather, and deeply seasoned oak.
Yet the goal isn't simply age. The appeal of Pure Antique lies in finding mature barrels capable of carrying more than two decades of oak influence while retaining the richness and sweetness necessary to balance that maturity.
At 115.8 Proof, Lot 2 delivers that experience without dilution to conventional bottling strength—a full-bodied, intensely concentrated bourbon created for serious enthusiasts of exceptionally mature American whiskey.
🥃 Product Details
Type: Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Brand: Pure Antique
Producer: Preservation Distillery + Farm
Collection: Pure Antique
Lot: Lot 2
Country: United States
Bottler Location: Bardstown, Kentucky
Bottle Size: 750mL
Age: 22 Years
Proof: 115.8 Proof
ABV: 57.9%
Bottling Strength: Cask Strength
Filtration: Unfiltered
Batch Style: Extremely Small-Lot
Typical Lot Size: 1–3 Barrels
Production: Extremely Limited
Character: Dark Caramel, Brown Sugar, Dried Fig, Vanilla, Tobacco, Baking Spice, Leather & Mature Oak
🥃 Twenty-Two Years of Maturation
A 22-year-old bourbon occupies an exceptionally rare category in American whiskey.
Bourbon's required use of new charred oak means maturation can become increasingly intense as the years accumulate. At two decades and beyond, barrel selection becomes critical: too much oak can overwhelm the whiskey with tannin and dryness.
Pure Antique is built around mature stocks selected specifically for their ability to withstand extended aging.
The result is an unapologetically mature whiskey where antique oak, tobacco, leather, dried fruit, dark caramel, and barrel spice are central to the experience—but remain supported by enough sweetness and fruit to maintain balance.
🥃 An Extremely Small-Lot Release
Part of what distinguishes Pure Antique is scale.
These aren't enormous batches assembled from hundreds of barrels.
Pure Antique's oldest releases are produced from exceptionally scarce stocks, with individual lots assembled from only a handful of mature barrels.
For the 22 Year expression, lots can contain as few as one to three barrels, with production measured in only a few hundred bottles rather than thousands of cases.
That makes each lot its own expression of these extraordinarily mature whiskey stocks.
⭐ Why You'll Love It
- Extraordinary 22-year age statement
- Specific Lot 2 release
- Bottled at 115.8 Proof
- 57.9% ABV
- Presented at cask strength
- Bottled unfiltered
- More than two decades of oak maturation
- Part of Preservation's ultra-limited Pure Antique collection
- Produced from exceptionally scarce mature bourbon stocks
- Extremely small-lot production
- Pure Antique lots may use only 1–3 barrels
- Rich caramelized sweetness
- Concentrated dried-fruit character
- Mature tobacco and leather notes
- Deeply seasoned oak
- Baking spice provides warmth and complexity
- High proof preserves concentration and texture
- Designed for slow, contemplative sipping
- Highly desirable for collectors of 20+ year bourbon
- Excellent addition to an ultra-aged American whiskey collection
🍽️ How to Enjoy
Pure Antique 22 Year deserves time in the glass:
- Serve neat at room temperature
- Use a Glencairn or premium whiskey glass
- Allow at least 15–20 minutes for the whiskey to open
- Experience it neat before adding water
- Add several drops of water to explore additional fruit and sweetness
- Allow additional resting time after adding water
- Avoid excessive ice that could suppress its mature aromatics
- Compare alongside Pure Antique 18 and 20 Year releases
- Pair with premium dark chocolate
- Excellent alongside toasted pecans or walnuts
- Pair with dried figs, dates, or cherries
- Enjoy with aged cheddar or Gouda
- Pair with grilled steak or roasted game
- Excellent with a premium cigar where appropriate
- Ideal for milestone occasions and serious whiskey tastings
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