Each spring, Heaven Hill Distillery launches its highly limited Heritage Collection release featuring some of the distillery’s oldest inventory of aging whiskey. The 2025 release is called the Heritage Collection 19-year-old Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey, created by Heaven Hill to continue the standard of excellence the distiller has practiced since 1935.
Each release in the collection features one of the six traditional American whiskey mashbills produced by Heaven Hill. The 2025 edition’s wheat whiskey mashbill is comprised of 51 per cent wheat, 37 per cent corn, 12 per cent malted barley and is bottled at 100 proof.
With an age statement of 19 years, this release is made up of 277 barrels produced in August and September of 2005, that were aged on the fifth and sixth floors of rickhouse Y. To date, it is the oldest wheat whiskey released by Heaven Hill.
“This 19-year-old Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey is especially unique, as a product with this mashbill at this age offers an exceptional depth and complexity that is rarely seen,” says master distiller Conor O’Driscoll. “It truly represents the high standard that Heaven Hill is known for and is a great example of how craftsmanship and patience can pay off when you’re willing to wait for the highest-quality product to come from the Whiskey-making process.”
Along with its innovation-focused counterpart the Parker’s Heritage Collection, the Heaven Hill Heritage Collection is a testament to Heaven Hill’s standard for excellence and ultra-aging techniques. Releases from both collections offer a glimpse into the long-term plan across Heaven Hill’s American Whiskey stock and commitment to quality, craft, and innovation.
As with previous releases, the Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 750ml bottle will be accompanied by a premium box in signature Heaven Hill blue. The Heaven Hill Distillery seal is prominently positioned on the box, strip stamp and label, and will mirror that of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond and the recently launched Heaven Hill Grain to Glass line. A signature of the Heaven Hill Heritage Collection, specific attributes such as warehouse site location, production date, mashbill percentages, and other designations are noted prominently on the packaging. Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 19-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey will launch nationally and internationally on a limited basis with a MSRP of $299.99 and will begin shipping in early March 2025.