Lux Row Distillers has announced the release of Blood Oath Trilogy – Third Edition, the latest collection of limited-edition bourbons, or “Pacts,” created by Lux Row Master Distiller John Rempe.
This contains 750-ml. bottles Pacts 7, 8 and 9 — reserved since 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. It comes packaged in a custom black wooden display box designed to highlight each Pact’s distinctive label. Each of the three Pacts is bottled at 98.6 proof (49.3% ABV) and will never be repeated.
The bottles in this package are as follows:
- Blood Oath Pact 7 is a blend of a 14-year ryed bourbon and two 8-year ryed bourbons, one of which was finished in casks that held Sauternes, a sweet white wine from the Bordeaux region of France. The casks impart a nose of caramel, oak and honey with flavor notes of apricots, honey and peaches, the distillery reports.
- Blood Oath Pact 8 features a 14-year ryed bourbon, an 11-year ryed bourbon and an 8-year ryed bourbon finished in Calvados casks, which held apple or pear brandy from the Normandy region in France. The casks lend tasting notes of apple on the nose, with hints of vanilla and cinnamon, as well as flavor notes of apples, pears, butterscotch and hints of chocolate.
- Pact 9 rounds out the Trilogy with a blend of a 16-year ryed bourbon, a 12-year ryed bourbon and a 7-year ryed bourbon finished in Oloroso Sherry casks from the Sherry Triangle region in southwest Spain. These casks bring out tasting notes of sherry with hints of fruit and spicy oak on the nose.
“Blood Oath is a passion project for me,” says Rempe. “Each new Pact brings together everything that I love about creating memorable bourbons — from the unique blends to the cask-aging. This third Trilogy edition is something truly special and I’m looking forward to sharing this unique collection of bourbon history with our fans.”
This latest Trilogy has a limited supply of 1,400 sets, and is available at a minimum suggested retail price $799.99.
Shipments begin in September.
This follows the release release of Rebel 10-Year Single Barrel Bourbon from Lux Row.
