BHAKTA Spirits is the preeminent house of vintages, offering spirits from every year from present day to 1868. 

House of Vintages

The latest release from the BHAKTA Spirits Collection, a 2013 single-vintage bourbon finished in BHAKTA 50 Armagnac casks.

BHAKTA 2013 Bourbon

Explore the BHAKTA 50 collection, a blend of single vintage Armagnacs dating back to 1868. With a limited release of 38 barrels—each named for an iconic historical figure—BHAKTA 50 is the most unique spirit collectible known to man. 

Rare Bottles

Explore our online offering of single-vintage Armagnacs spanning 1946 - 2002 from the BHAKTA Single Vintage Library. 

Single Vintage Armagnac

**The Vintage Revolution**   
Single vintage spirits are those distilled in a particular year. The true story of a bottle is always told through its vintage—revealing terroir, taste, origin, craft, integrity, and even financial upside. In wine, the pros buy first and   
foremost on vintage. Age statements are vague and misleading. With single vintages, you know exactly what is in your bottle. You may sip with confidence and taste the nuances and the particularities of that year.

Single Vintage Spirits

**Raj Peter Bhakta**

Raj went from investment banking to real-estate to reality TV to a run for Congress to a failed Vermont dairy farm. There, brooding in his Elba in dire financial straits, he essentially sparked the craft rye whiskey movement out of necessity. Eight years later, he walked away from WhistlePig Whiskey, having created a billion-dollar brand and a personal fortune.

This venture, BHAKTA Spirits, is an act of love, not of desperation. He's searching the world over to find the best vintage spirits, curating the finest selection for his House of Vintages. Having spent a lifetime acquiring an encyclopedic knowledge of fine spirits and the capital necessary to secure them, Raj Peter Bhakta is proud to welcome you to his personal cellars.

The Curator

**BHAKTA Vintage Armagnac Collection** 

Explore our one-of-a-kind collection of single-vintage Armagnac spanning 1946 - 2002. *Pure expressions of a single year,* finished in neutral Gascon oak and continuing a more than 700 year French tradition of excellence.

BHAKTA Single Vintage Armagnac

Single Vintage Armagnac 

Barrel 23 "Morgan"

2013 Bourbon

 The Collection

An Introduction

**BHAKTA Spirits**

BHAKTA Spirits is the purveyor of the most exquisite spirits in the world. Through a combination of strategic acquisition, creative casks, and craft production, we offer you the chance to experience “time in a bottle.”

**The Four Pillars**

We are intrigued by the *RARE*, though, scarcity itself is insufficient: we pursue the *EXQUISITE*. Yet we seek *ASSETS*, not ostentation, in our collection, and we do this with *PURPOSE*. Our goal with BHAKTA Spirits is Revival: of overlooked spirits, of decrepit farms, and more.

The Ethos

Grain is an industrial product that can be handled like the dirt from which it springs. Fruit is fragile, fickle, and delicious. The inherent complexity of fruit, and the artisanal touch required to coax it into a spirit worth drinking, drove our decision to make brandy our first offering. Brandy has long been misunderstood—slandered even—but in a world careening towards conformity, brandy is a stubborn dissenter.

The Brandy Revival

Among brandies, Cognac gets most of the attention, which has made Armagnac the last bastion of artisanal spirits production. Our oldest Armagnac was born of grapes harvested in 1868 that were crushed under foot by children whose grandchildren are themselves dead and gone. The same custom alembic still used for production in the age of kings and emperors remains in service today. Ponder that antiquity, that commitment to craft. You will find neither anywhere else.