Decanter Series is one of its most coveted releases, an age-stated wheated that comes out every fall and spring. But the distillery occasionally also releases , a much more limited—and much more special, according to master distiller Conor O’Driscoll—version of this already collectible . We talked to O’Driscoll about the new VVS earlier this week and got to taste it ahead of its release this weekend.

VVS stands for “very, very special,” because according to the distillery that’s makes it stand out from the Old Fitz that goes into the Decanter Series, and makes it worth an additional release. “We’re very picky about what’s good enough to be an Old Fitz Bonded,” O’Driscoll told Robb Report . “We taste them years in advance. Occasionally, we’ll come across one that’s like . . . wow. We let

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