Parkers Heritage Collection 6th Edition

Parkers Heritage Collection is produced at the Heaven Hill Distillery. As of May 2013 this 6th Editon Parkers Heritage Collection whisky has been just recently released. The 6th Edition is a Four Grain Bourbon, using both wheat and rye as "flavoring grains". The whisky is at a barrel strength of 68.95% ABV. This is the darkest colour I have ever seen in a whisky. This review will be in sequential format

Nose: intense big vanilla, with high-pitched confectioner's sugar. Wheat and rye grains are individually identifiable, but somewhat cancel each other out in the nose. This is a lovely nose with top quality wood. Water mellows the nose in a very nice way

Taste: big excellent surprise here; you taste both the wheat and the rye in spades and the wheat and the rye taste good together, very very good together, doing a sort of merge similar to the merge that wheat makes with oak wood. This is unprecedented to me, this excellent result. This also does not taste of 68.95% alcohol. Fantastic neat. Water adds wood, caramel, and INcreased alcohol greeting to the palate

Finish: long long finish; everything holds up. Beautiful

Balance: big big whiskey, which makes a very big statement. This is the top of the standard Heaven Hill product line for a reason. I still am not highly enamoured with the combination of wheat and rye flavours in general, but there is no denying the excellence of this 6th Edition Parkers Heritage Collection Wheat Plus Rye Bourbon

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