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Heaven’s Door Straight Tennessee Bourbon

  • Distiller:

    Undisclosed

  • Bottler:

    Heaven's Door

  • ABV:

    45%

  • Age:

    8 Years

  • Price:
    $$$$$
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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 81
  • Publication: Breaking Bourbon
  • Excerpt: Despite being 90 proof, the whiskey has good intensity and its flavors are well presented before it ramps up the heat during its finish. What it lacks in wow factor it makes up for in a solid delivery that justifies its $50 asking price.
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  • Raided Score: 86
  • Publication: Distiller
  • Excerpt: Consistently enjoyable all the way through, though lacking a certain complexity to make it a standout.
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  • Raided Score: 90
  • Publication: The Whiskey Wash
  • Excerpt: This bourbon has a wonderfully thick mouthfeel and warm delightful spices. It’s my preferred whiskey of the trio, the flavors keep coming and coming.
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  • Raided Score: 89
  • Publication: Whisky Advocate
  • Excerpt: While the bold sweetness and stone fruits take the lead, there is enough tobacco-laced tannin and spice to back up and balance the initial sweetness, as char-grilled corn flavors take this across the finish line and make it decidedly moreish.
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  • Raided Score: 86
  • Publication: The Whiskey Jug
  • Excerpt: The aroma is the best part of this whiskey hands down, the palate ain’t shabby, but the aroma of the Heaven’s Door Tennessee Bourbon is so much more enticing and interesting.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Publication: Drinkhacker
  • Excerpt: The palate is a little exotic for a bourbon, with more of a floral character that leads into a body loaded with honey, butterscotch, and a spiced vanilla character. The finish is nutty and vaguely tropical — exotic, lots of fun, and quite worthwhile.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Publication: Wine Enthusiast
  • Excerpt: The palate is light and slightly astringent, opening citrusy and woody, finishing with baking spice.
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House Review
  • Intro:

    Distilled by an Undisclosed Tennessee producer, this 8 year bourbon comes to us from Bob Dylan's brand Heavens Door. It's bottled at 45% ABV, with no word on filtering.

  • Nose:

    Bright citrus, honey, some charcoal, orange zest and buttercream. Pretty complex on the nose, lovely sweetness paired with fruits. No minerality.

  • Taste:

    Medium mouthfeel. Not super viscous, but the ethanol is shrouded as well. Orange zest, honey, some more sweet cream. Light, sweet oak. Pleasant enough - makes for an easy sipper.

  • Finish:

    Long finish. This is where things really kick up a notch. Lovely orange peel, cream, cocoa, oak and pepper. The oak is well pronounced here, and the pepper, tannin and cocoa blend beautifully with those orange and sweet notes.

  • Overall:

    Heavens Door Tennessee Bourbon is a surprisingly complex and well executed release founded on TN distillate. The progression from bold nose, to easy drinker on the palate, to long vibrant finish is well done.

  • Score:

    6

  • By t8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
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