Heaven Hill
Heaven Hill
52.5%
6 Years
Released in November 2025 alongside a wheated bourbon and rye whiskey, this bourbon is a member of Heaven Hill's Gain to Glass Specialty Barrel Series. All three 2025 releases are fully aged in Chinquapin oak, a species native to eastern and central North America. This bourbon is distilled from a mashbill of 52% corn, 35% rye and 13% malted barley; aged six years; and bottled at 105 proof. The 2025 Heaven Hill Grain to Glass Specialty Barrel Series is an allocated release available nationally beginning in November 2025 in limited quantities. Each has a suggested retail price of $129.99 per 700-milliliter bottle.
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Quite a distinctive nose. Cinnamon, browned butter, oak, red grapes and a really distinctive spiced wood note that must be the chinquapin; it's sort of a combination of tapioca, cinnamon and buttered popcorn, but also a bit perfumey.
Nice mouthfeel. Distinctive flavor profile that's part earthy, spicy and a bit mineral with some sweetness. Cinnamon, clove, cracked pepper, anise, rye bread, brown sugar, lemon peel, leather, buttered popcorn.
The finish is long and dry, with cracked pepper, tobacco, nutmeg, cinnamon, buttered toast, grape leaves and a touch of cola.
A very nice expression. My first impression of it was that the chinquapin was forcing itself upon the distillate in a way that lacked balanced, but with some air, it opened up quite well, revealing a complex, distinctive expression. I could really see this singing in a Sazerac or A La Louisiane.
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Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.
