House of Vintages · Est. Gascony
Time, kept in a bottle since 1868.
Single-vintage Armagnacs and rare American whiskeys, drawn from a cellar that spans three centuries. The flagship 1868 — named World's Best Bourbon by Forbes.
BHAKTA 1868 America250 barrels
Now Releasing
BHAKTA 1868 · America250
USA Spirits Ratings · 98 Points
Rum of the Year.
BHAKTA 1990 Jamaican Rum — distilled in Jamaica, finished in ancient Armagnac casks in Gascony. Four medals in a single year.
Most Awarded
BHAKTA 1990 · Jamaican Rum
The House of Vintages · Every Bottle a Year
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Begin with the Moment
Every bottle points to a future occasion. Start with yours.
I.
Gift a Birth Year
The year they were born, resting in oak ever since.
II.
Mark an Anniversary
Pour the year it all began.
III.
Start a Collection
Numbered bottles from a finite cellar.
IV.
Taste the Library
Four vintages, one sampler — the introduction.
The Collection
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A pour of BHAKTA 1868 in the barrel room
The Ritual
One pour, properly kept.
The bottle, the crystal, the certificate of vintage. Everything the moment deserves.
BHAKTA 1868 America250 $3,999
Crystal Tasting Glasses · Set of Two $85
Certificate of Vintage · Included —
Complete the Ritual — $4,084
Château BHAKTA, Gascony
The Estate
A cellar in Gascony. A barn in Vermont.
Raj Peter Bhakta acquired the oldest known reserves of Armagnac — casks laid down as far back as 1868 — and brought them to rest above the Battenkill River. Every bottle carries a year you can hold.
Our Story
Raj Peter Bhakta — Drink from a guy who's alive
A Word from the Founder
“Drink from a guy who’s alive.”
Raj Peter Bhakta on dead founders, living spirits, and why the year on the bottle matters. Two minutes, well spent.
The BHAKTA Method
Nothing here can be repeated.
01
Unearth
Forgotten cellars, acquired whole — casks laid down as far back as 1868, tended by the same hands for fifty years.
02
Marry
New World spirits finished in ancient Armagnac casks — a signature no other house can borrow.
03
Number
Bottled by hand in Vermont, numbered and certified. When a vintage is gone, it is gone forever.
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From the House
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Releases · July 2026
BHAKTA 1868 arrives for America’s 250th
Five barrels, 146 years, 250 bottles — the flagship release of the house.
The Estate · June 2026
Restoring Château BHAKTA, stone by stone
Inside the 18th-century chai that shelters the oldest spirits known to man.
Awards · May 2026
Four medals for the 1990 Jamaican Rum
Rum of the Year, and the judges’ notes that came with it.
The Vintage Society
First allocation on every release. Before anyone else.
Membership opens twice a year. Cellar access, private tastings, and vintages that never reach the public shelf.
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