Heaven's Door Whiskey, the brand co-created by legendary
music artist Bob Dylan, has announced the launch of its latest Bootleg series
release.
Bootleg Volume VI (60.6% ABV) is a blended American whiskey,
comprised of 12, 13 and 14 Year Old American wheated bourbons, which was finished
in Limousin cigar barrels.
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Alex Moore, Lead Blender for Heaven's Door, experimented with more than a dozen different types of barrels for the secondary finish on Bootleg Volume VI before finally choosing the cigar barrel.
The secondary finishing in cigar barrels is said to impart
notes of spice, dried fruit and toasted oak and are the perfect counterbalance
to the softer, slightly sweeter notes of a wheated bourbon.
The Bootleg Volume VI bottle features Bob Dylan’s painting,
Favela Villa Candido, part of his 2015 collection, The Brazil Series. The
artwork vividly portrays Brazil’s favelas and their community spirit, pairing
textured browns and ochres with tonal greens and blues to evoke the style of
Cézanne. The bottle is ensconced in a tawny orange volume inscribed with a
quote from Dylan.
Commenting on the launch, Alex Moore, said: "A cigar
barrel is given its name due to its tall, elongated cigar-like shape. The shape
of this barrel provides more whiskey to wood-to-surface contact which yields
more pronounced flavour notes. Additionally, the Limousin oak is air dried over
time versus kiln dried, which makes a big difference in terms of the tannins
and sugars that are naturally resident in the oak."
Bootleg Volume VI, is now available from the Heaven’s Door
website and select specialist retailers in the US, for a RRP of $499.99.
Posted by Steve Rush