This popular Kentucky bourbon is adding a new premium bottle to its lineup
Kentucky’s Buffalo Trace Distillery on Wednesday announced a new addition to its premium bourbon lineup: Daniel Weller Emmer Wheat.
Named for the grandfather of William Larue Weller and the tradition of distilling, the new line plans one experimental release every other year made with different wheats.
A limited release, Daniel Weller Emmer Wheat is shipping in June 2023 with a suggested retail price of $499.99. It joins the popular Weller Kentucky bourbon lineup of Weller Special Reserve, Weller Antique 107, Weller 12 Year Old, Weller Full Proof, Weller C.Y.P.B. (“Craft Your Perfect Bourbon”), and Weller Single Barrel as well as William Larue Weller, which is released each fall as part of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.
The first of these Kentucky bourbons features “emmer,” an ancient Egyptian grain thought to be one of the first wheats used by humans. The distillated was aged for nearly 12 years and is bottled at 94 proof. It was distilled in the E.H. Taylor, Jr. Microstill, which Wheatley spent two years custom-designing.
According to the tasting notes, the nose if fresh and nutty with notes of orange zest, hazelnut, cinnamon and caramel, with a palate of bold oak, sweet honey and orchard fruits and an oak-forward finish complemented by baking spice and leather notes.
“We began this experiment to see how one of the original, long-forgotten wheat strains would taste in our wheated bourbon,” says Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace master distiller, in a news release. “We’ve found it offers just a slightly – yet delightfully – different taste that brings us into a new bourbon territory. It will taste like Weller, but with distinct, unique notes that make it stand apart from the other Weller whiskies we’ve released to date.”
