Review: William Heavenhill 225th Anniversary Edition
October 5th, 2008How does the most expensive bourbon on the market taste? Pretty good, actually. It’s much more mellow when compared to Heaven Hill’s other recent ultra-premium release, Parker’s Heritage Collection (Release #2) 27 year old, which is quite powerful.
So, if you’re going to buy a bottle, don’t let it sit and collect dust on your shelf until you die. Drink it!
William Heavenhill 225th Anniversary Edition, 63.8%, $500
Aged for 225 months (18 years, 9 months). Only 225 bottles available, and only at one location: Heaven Hill’s Bourbon Heritage Center in Bardstown, KY. This is a lot of money for a bourbon but, if you do buy a bottle, you’re going to enjoy it. It’s spicy (especially on the nose), with cinnamon bark, spearmint, and nutmeg. The spice is balanced by an array of sweeter fruit notes (bramble, ripe orchard fruits), vanilla custard, fig, molasses, cola and charcoal. Soft on the finish. Very polished and well-balanced.
Advanced Malt Advocate magazine rating: 92
October 10th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Agreed, the William Heavenhill is the most expensive bourbon yet at original retail. But, via eBay and other auctions, you can pay as much as $1,000 and more for certain ‘oldies’, especially the Pappy-era, Stitzel-Weller Distillery wheaters: Very Old Fitz BIB 8yo; Very Extra Old Fitz BIB 10yo; and/or Very, Very Old Fitz BIB 12yo. And when you get a pristine bottle, you’ll know why…
(Hmmm, happen to have some VOF BIB over on the bar…)
October 10th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Tim, by all means, go and have a sip for me while you’re at it!