Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 23 Year Bourbon

There are rare bourbons, and then there is Pappy 23.

Aged for 23 years and bottled at 95.6 proof, Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 23 Year represents one of the most sought after and allocated bourbons in the world. Extended aging at this level requires extraordinary barrel management and patience, resulting in a whiskey defined not by intensity alone, but by depth, restraint, and remarkable maturity.

The nose opens with antique oak, dark caramel, cigar box, and dried fig layered over leather, vanilla, and baking spice. On the palate, rich toffee, dark cherry, maple, and seasoned oak unfold with a texture that feels remarkably composed for its age. The finish is long, warming, and deeply contemplative, carrying lingering notes of oak, spice, tobacco, and mature sweetness that continue evolving long after the sip.

For a pairing worthy of the occasion, pour Pappy 23 alongside our Teres Major. The whiskey’s deep oak and caramelized richness mirror the bourbon miso butter and char on the steak, while its structure balances the duck fat confit mushrooms and toum fingerling potatoes. It’s a pairing that feels layered, celebratory, and meant to be savored slowly.