The 10 New Bottles to Know This Fall

Each season, dozens of spirits, liqueurs and aromatized wines enter the market anew. Once a reliable, comforting bastion of standardization in comparison to wine, the spirits market’s changing values—variability from batch to batch is now often celebrated rather than stamped out, for instance—and the breakneck rise of the premium and super-premium categories have rendered it nearly as fluid. 

This season, the crop of releases we’re most excited about feature mostly net-new products, conceived from a fresh recipe and idea, rather than existing products that have been iterated on by a new aging vessel or barrel selection (though we include a couple of those as well). Taken together, the 10 new and forthcoming bottles below, including a duo of cans, offer a snapshot of the changing backbar and home liquor cabinet.

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Barrel to Bottle / PM Spirits Collab Scotch Malt Whisky 16 Years Old

The latest in artisan importer PM Spirits’ collaboration series, this release comes from three of the men behind 1789b, a group of collectors with an exceptional track record for idiosyncratic barrel picks, most of which have never been released to the public. While their focus has traditionally been on American whiskey, Reid Bechtle and brothers Paul and Steve Schurman selected the six hogsheads of 16-year-old single malt Scotch whisky—which were unified as a single-barrel offering (1,200 bottles total)—after repeated trips to the region to source small batches that might otherwise be overlooked. The result is this offering, which was bottled at full proof, without any additives or chill filtration. It’s expected to arrive stateside in November.

Larusée Les Précieuses Lamartine Absinthe

From one of the top artisanal producers of absinthe comes this single-cask edition of Blanche de Léon, the Swiss estate’s “winter” bottling incorporating the native edelweiss flower. It was aged for 24 months in a barrel that previously held Meursault from one of Burgundy’s most sought-after producers. As Europe’s top anise liqueurs continue to gain the respect they deserve stateside, this release of just 298 bottles is one for the die-hards. Arriving in September via Astor Wines & Spirits.