Heaven Hill Bottled In Bond 7 Year

Nose leather vanila brown sugar. Taste full thick nrowm sugar pepper.

Quite good

Apple butter, hay and vanilla with mild woodsiness on the nose. Smooth cinnamon apple pie palate with some pecan, oak and leather and black tea/clove. Just a hint of the darker bourbon taste spectrum but it stays middle of the road. Tannic medium spicy finish. Very well balanced and enjoyable if not especially complex. I never see these bottles where i live so i picked one up on vacation in CO and certainly don’t regret it.

nose - oak and vanilla forward, way forward. a little bit of salty sweetness as well. palette - comes off younger on the palette than the nosing presents, with a more raw corn and underlying oak wood. the slightest vanilla on the finish, with more spice than anything. overall, the nose is more enjoyable than the palette on this first pour from the bottle. not as refined or balanced on the palette as even bottle and bond options out there aged less than this 7 year.

Super oaky and chocolatey. Not the smoothest bourbon on the market but it has really nice flavors.

Glass: Glencairn, rested 15 minutes. Color: Medium amber. Nose: Butterscotch, apple, some nutty notes. Palate: Clove and baking spice, none of the sweetness from the nose. Finish: Medium length with medium heat. Splash: Leather and oak notes open upen up with a little water. Overall: 8/10 - This is something of a unicorn where I live and I received a sample in trade. It's more complex than I expected, but not the best I've had from Heaven Hill. Might be good over ice or in a cocktail, but alas, I only received 50 ml.