Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 17 Year Old Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 17 Year Old Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is the 2022 first edition of Heaven Hill's annual spring Heritage Collection: extra-aged Kentucky bourbon from the distillery's oldest stocks, bottled at barrel proof, 118.2. The mash is 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley, mingled from 28% 20-year barrels, 44% 19-year barrels, and 28% 17-year barrels pulled from Deatsville, Glencoe, Schenley, and the Bardstown main campus. That labeled age split is why the glass drinks like long-matured bourbon with toffee and cherry still in the mix, and the undiluted proof keeps those flavors concentrated. Give it a large cube.

Dark cherry and toffee sit on caramel, then aged oak, leather, and tobacco. The body is chewy and well integrated at this strength. Spice leads, then brown sugar and molasses cookie linger on a long, warm finish.