9/17/2023 0 Comments Ship whiskey tennessee![]() ![]() The result is smooth and lasting with notes of vanilla and baking spices layered over a bed of toasted oak.” It has also been upped in proof to 92 and age statement has gone to “minimum 6 years”. The website states ” Distilled and aged its entire life in Tennessee, this whiskey is non-chill filtered to preserve its mature flavors. The Bottle I purchased loses the Tennessee on the label and is simply “Straight Bourbon Whiskey”. ![]() The views, opinions, and tasting notes are 100% my own. SCORE: 86/100 (B) *Disclosure: This Heaven’s Door Tennessee Bourbon was graciously sent to me by the company for the purposes of this review. Either way, it’s a fun tasty whiskey and I’m going to enjoy sharing and sipping through this bottle. True, the differences could be due to barrel selection, but when you take into consideration the 70% corn mash bill (GD’s is 84%) it’s likely it’s not them. Sipping on some Dickel 12 and Dickel 08 as side-by-side references, the similarities to the house style are undeniable – but so are the differences. I get a suggestion of Dickel in here, but it’s not fully there. The aroma is the best part of this whiskey hands down, the palate ain’t shabby, but the aroma of the Heaven’s Door Tennessee Bourbon is so much more enticing and interesting. The Aroma is a bit reminiscent of George Dickel, but not dead on, it’s mostly that soft musty corn and vanilla essence that gets me thinking… maybe Palate is not as complex as the aroma but it’s still lovely and pulls in a bit more of that dried corn profile Finish is soft and fades out oaky. It comes through a bit on the light side, but it’s definitely not watery or weak. Heaven’s Door Tennessee Bourbon Review: Overall and Score Good sense of balance, medium body and a light feel. Medium -> Corn, vanilla, caramel and oak. Mash Bill: 70% Corn + 30% Rye & Malted Barleyĭark fruit, Strawberry Necco, Oak, Vanilla, baking spice, honey and dried corn with a bit of powdered sugar.Ĭaramel, biscuits, dried corn, freeze dried strawberries, grain, oak, vanilla and notes of spice, cocoa and peanuts. The result is smooth and lasting with notes of vanilla and baked bread layered over a bed of toasted oak.ĭetails (price, mash bill, cask type, ABV, etc.) Heaven’s Door Tennessee Bourbon Review: Details and Tasting NotesĪ unique mash bill from Tennessee, the Heaven’s Door Tennessee Straight Bourbon utilizes 30% “small grains” to complement the character imparted from spending a minimum of 8 years in American oak barrels. That’s a lot of speculation, but the real test is how it smells and tastes, which we’ll get into right now in the Tennessee Bourbon review below. There is no mention of the Lincoln County Process so Prichard’s could also be a suspect, but I couldn’t find their mash bill anywhere. They were founded in 2011 and with the first release of Heaven’s Door bourbon being “aged for almost seven years” and the current being 8 years the timeline does match up… barely.īUT for them to be the source it would mean Pennington had to be sitting on a large cache of early barrels and Dylan & Co. who sports a mash of 70% Corn, 25% Rye and 5% Malted Barley. Searching the internet for mash bills, the only one I found in Tennessee that fits the bill is Davidson Reserve from Pennington Distilling Co. True they could have contract distilled with a different mash through GD, but it’s been aged for 8 years and Dylan’s company was formed in 2015 ( 4 years ago as of writing this). It carries a 70% Corn mash bill, which eliminates the usual culprit of George Dickel. A straight whiskey sourced from Tennessee, the Heaven’s Door Tennessee Bourbon is an interesting release and a bit of a mystery. ![]()
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