What you need to know: 

• Kentucky's Heaven Hill has unveiled the 2023 edition of its Heaven Hill Heritage Collection - the Heaven Hill 20 Year Old Kentucky Straight Corn Whiskey.
• It features the distillery's corn whiskey mashbill - 80% Corn, 12% Malted Barley and 8% Rye. 
• Official Tasting Notes: Aromas of toasted corn and oak spices, palate of aged oak and walnuts, with a finish of wood spices with hints of corn sweetness.
• It is bottled at 115 Proof or 57.5% ABV. The new release is made of 110 barrels distilled in October 2002, matured in the third floor of Rickhouse 1K. 
• The distillery announced the release will be available from 1 March 2023, carrying a suggested retail price of US$289.99.

Kentucky's Heaven Hill, notable for brands such as McKenna, Larceny, Elijah Craig, Evan Williams and Rittenhouse, has unveiled the 2023 edition of its Heaven Hill Heritage Collection's Heaven Hill 20 Year Old Kentucky Straight Corn Whiskey.

This comes from amongst the distillery's oldest inventory of aging whisky, with each release in the collection featuring one of six traditional American Whiskey mashbills that calls Heaven Hill home.

“The Heaven Hill Heritage Collection reflects the true craftsmanship, patience and consistency which are hallmarks of Heaven Hill’s whiskey making traditions,

The ability to offer consumers an ultra-aged corn whiskey product is a true testament to the forward-thinking innovation the company has practiced for decades and continues to practice to this day.”

- Master Distiller Conor O’ Driscoll 

The 2023 Heaven Hill 20 Year Old comes from the distillery's corn whiskey mashbill - 80% Corn, 12% Malted Barley and 8% Rye. It comes bottled at 115 Proof or 57.5% ABV. The new release is made of 110 barrels distilled in October 2002, matured in the third floor of Rickhouse 1K.

Official Tasting Notes

Aroma

Toasted corn and oak spices.

Taste

Aged oak and walnuts.

Finish

Wood spices with hints of corn sweetness.

Customary to every inaugural release, the 2023 Heaven Hill Heritage Collection issue comes with the classic Heaven Hill blue packaging complete with the double-H insignia stamped in gold.

The new Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 20 Year Old Kentucky Straight Corn Whiskey will be available 1 March 2023, carrying a suggested retail price of US$289.99.

Lead image courtesy of Heaven Hill. 

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