Heaven's Door The Bootleg Series Volume VI

Heaven's Door The Bootleg Series Volume VI is a 92.8 proof (46.4% ABV), 700mL Tennessee wheated bourbon — 10 years in American oak plus 2 more years finished in nectarine brandy casks, 12 years in total — in a ceramic bottle bearing Bob Dylan's iron-gate-inspired artwork, "The Photographer Playa de Portillhon, Cadaques, 2010." It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.

The Bootleg Series is Heaven's Door's annual ultra-limited canvas for Dylan's artwork and for cask finishes no core release would attempt. Volume VI turns to nectarine brandy: the wheated bourbon's soft, sweet core spends its final two years in brandy casks that held nectarine distillate, layering stone fruit over the vanilla and caramel of a decade in American oak. Around 4,200 bottles were made.

Tasting profile (official): honeyed nectarine and brûléed peach open the glass, balanced with vanilla bean and buttery caramel; cinnamon spice and baked stone fruit unfold into a warm, lingering finish of toasted oak and dried apricot. Browse the Heaven's Door brand collection, more bourbon whiskey, and the full whiskey collection at Del Mesa Liquor.

Serving note: pour neat in a tulip glass; this is a contemplative, after-dinner bourbon — let the stone fruit build over a slow glass.

What is Bootleg Series Volume VI? The sixth annual Bootleg release: a Tennessee wheated bourbon aged 10 years in American oak and finished 2 years in nectarine brandy casks.

Whose artwork is on the bottle? Bob Dylan's — an iron-gate-inspired ceramic bottle featuring "The Photographer Playa de Portillhon, Cadaques, 2010."

What does it taste like? Honeyed nectarine, brûléed peach, vanilla bean and buttery caramel, then cinnamon and baked stone fruit, finishing on toasted oak and dried apricot.

What is the ABV and size? 92.8 proof (46.4% ABV), 700mL.