Heaven Hill Select Stock Barrel #44823

An 8 year old wheated bourbon finished 27 months in Frapin cognac casks. A dark opulent nose: cocoa crushed sweet cherry and vanilla custard laced with cinnamon and fired with the alcohol heat. My my…it’s even enjoyable at full proof and delivers the sweet promise on a solid bed of oak and heat. Heaven Hill’s getting good at these finishes. Expensive but impressive. (Kentucky Bourbon Affair bottling; others are similar—Heaven Hill’s Bourbon Heritage Center only)