Announced during Bourbon Heritage Month in September, this year’s 14th edition release of Parker’s Heritage Collection features 10 year old bourbon stocks that had been aged in heavily-charred oak barrels. Continuing the trend started with last year’s 8y.o. Heavy Char Rye, this year’s release again sees a whiskey that was barrelled and aged in heavily charred (Level 5) barrels, as opposed to the usual Level 3 used by Heaven Hill. Consisting of 102 barrels aged on the sixth floor of rickhouse Y for 10 years, the heavy char advances the study and our understanding of how a more intense char allows the liquid to penetrate deeper into each barrel stave and the effects on the resulting flavor. This bourbon is bottled at 120 proof (60% abv) and non-chill filtered to preserve all the flavor compounds.