Collector's EditionAllocatedSmall Batch
Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 23 Year
Family Reserve · 23-Year Wheated Bourbon · 95.6 Proof
Age
23 Year
Proof
95.6
ABV
47.8%
Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve 23 Year is the crown jewel of American whiskey — twenty-three years of wheated Kentucky straight bourbon, hand-selected one barrel at a time by Julian Van Winkle III. Bottled at a poised 95.6 proof to carry the weight of more than two decades in deeply charred new American oak, this is the most allocated, most collected, and arguably most legendary wheated bourbon in the world. Fig, dark caramel, leather, tobacco, espresso, and fruitcake unfold in slow, deliberate layers — all underwritten by the soft Van Winkle sweetness the family has guarded for over a century.
3 bottles in a case of Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 23 Year — $750 for a bottle, $1500 if you take the case.
Choose bottle or case
21+
Age Verified
Discreet
Packaging
Authentic
Distillery Direct
Nose
Deep oak, dried fig, dark caramel, worn leather, sweet pipe tobacco, and faint dried herbs.
Palate
Profoundly complex — baked plum, fruitcake, dark caramel, espresso, dark chocolate, leather, and a quiet tobacco-leaf warmth.
Finish
Extraordinarily long. Oak, leather, dark fruit and bittersweet cocoa hold for what feels like a full minute and a half.
Flavor
Serving Suggestion
Pour 1 oz neat into a Glencairn or Copita. Sit with it for five minutes before the first sip — 23 years deserves a slow start. Never on the rocks.
Food Pairings
Dark 85% chocolate, aged Stilton with fig preserve, espresso truffles, candied pecans, or simply on its own after dinner.
