Nose
Vanilla custard, toasted oak, cherry cough sweet, and a little leather.
No. 04 · Bourbon
Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year Family Reserve
Buffalo Trace (Old Rip Van Winkle) · Kentucky
The oldest regular bottle in the Van Winkle lineup, a wheated bourbon bottled at 47.8%. It is allocated every autumn and almost never seen at its original shelf price.
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- Distillery
- Buffalo Trace (Old Rip Van Winkle)
- Country / region
- United States · Kentucky
- Style
- Bourbon
- Year of release
- Ongoing
- Age statement
- 23 Year Old
- Bottles made
- Annual release. The outturn changes and is not published as one fixed number.
- ABV
- 47.8% (95.6 proof)
- Cask type
- New charred American oak; wheated bourbon
- Approximate value
- Secondary asking prices often sit in the low-to-mid thousands of pounds and sometimes higher, depending on the year and the fill level. Approximate, and not a retail price.
Tasting notes
Palate
Deep and coating: caramel, cocoa, orange oil, and soft baking spice, without the heat of barrel proof.
Finish
Long, drying oak and a last wave of brown sugar.
More bourbon
No. 07 · Bourbon
Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year Family Reserve
Buffalo Trace (Old Rip Van Winkle)
Released
Ongoing
Approx. value
About £1,500–£4,000
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No. 06 · Bourbon
George T. Stagg
Buffalo Trace
Released
Ongoing
Approx. value
About £800–£2,500
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No. 14 · Bourbon
Blanton's Original Single Barrel
Buffalo Trace
Released
Ongoing
Approx. value
About £70–£180
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