Heaven’s Door Spirits Unveils Bootleg Series Volume VI

Heaven’s Door Spirits, the American whiskey brand from Bob Dylan, has released Bootleg Volume VI.

The latest in this limited-release series is a blend of 12-, 13- and 14-year-old wheated bourbons finished in Limousin cigar barrels. It is presented in a ceramic bottle that features one of Bob Dylan’s paintings from his Brazil Series.

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. “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 flavor notes,” explains Moore. “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.”

Secondary finishing in the cigar barrels imparts notes of spice, dried fruit and toasted oak, the company says, helping to 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 portrays Brazil’s favelas and their community spirit, the company says, pairing textured browns and ochres with tonal greens and blues to evoke the style of Cézanne — one of Dylan’s favorite Impressionists.

Heaven’s Door Bootleg Series Volume VI rolls out with fewer than 5,000 bottles. It’s available now for a suggested retail price of $499.99 per 750-ml. bottle, through select retailers and at buy.heavensdoor.com.

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