The new Virginia Distillery Co. Prelude: Courage & Conviction American Single Malt Whiskey, according to those behind it, has been aged a minimum of three years in a combination of ex-bourbon, sherry and cuvée wine casks at the distillery nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.A 100% malted barley whiskey, it has been subject during aging to Virginia’s “pronounced temperature swings between winter and summer,” reportedly both accelerating maturation and also producing “a uniquely nuanced profile.”