Q's Quest to Nothing

  2025 William Heavenhill 19yr 138.2°     Nose:   An intoxicating aroma of sweetness captivates you – immediately putting you back into a rickhouse.   I was immediately taken back to the Haunted on the Hill tour done a few years back where we walked through the barrels of Heaven Hill at night. A deep sweetness lurks in the back, as if there is celebration or feast of the solstice.   A little bit of dankness lingers in the pour with that oakiness in the backdrop of it all.   This is what bourbon ought to smell like.        Palate:   A touch of spiky heat like a needle pierce you but in a very pleasant way.   Followed by a wave of warmth of that coveted Kentucky Hug.   The palate lingers of sweetness that makes you want to chap the lips to get more flavor.   It offers the oakiness in the backdrop with the explosive bomb of a Laure.   Lingering finish that had a fresh lime-like characteristic to initiate ...

  Nose:  Sweetness that resonates of nectar with mild back spice that swirls around the centered sweetness.  The heat is tempered yet full-bodied, like a gust of wind, with a slight leafiness towards the back.  As one noses into it deeper, the oak slowly shows itself with a subtle touch of funk towards the end.     Palate:  An immediate sweetness that is more reminiscent in William Larue Weller than commonly seen in Russell’s – that bomb of dense brown sugar and caramel.  Some oak and age complement the sweetness immensely well, making for a full-bodied, dense mid-palate.  The heat accompanies it towards the back of the mouth – causing a tingling of the back jaw.  Elements of slight grassiness come with a long finish as the sweetness returns to remind us that it is still there.  A slight element of bitterness comes but a welcoming complement to it versus that of something undesirable.  It has so much body that it makes yo...