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}\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-master-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-topbar\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-tag mw-tag-a\"\u003eMidnight Whiskey · The Vault\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"mw-tag mw-tag-m\"\u003e2026 Collection · Fifteen Years Old\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-masthead\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mw-kicker\"\u003ePappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mw-title\"\u003ePappy Van Winkle 15 Year\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-city-title\"\u003eFifteen Years\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mw-subline\"\u003eKentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey · 107 Proof · 53.5% ABV · 2026 Release\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-rule mw-hero-rule\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stats\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e107\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eProof\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e53.5%\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eABV\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e15 Yrs\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eAge Statement\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003eWheated\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eMash\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-n\"\u003e2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-stat-l\"\u003eRelease\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"speakable\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mw-lede\"\u003eYoungest of the three Family Reserve bourbons in the Van Winkle family’s 2026 collection and, at 107 proof (53.5% ABV), the strongest of them, Pappy’s 15 Year is a wheated Kentucky straight bourbon with fifteen years in oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap mw-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 01\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eThe Elemental Distinction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-points\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-point\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e01\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrongest of the Pappy three.\u003c\/strong\u003e At 107 proof the 15 Year stands well above the 20-year’s 90.4 and the 23-year’s 95.6.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-point\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e02\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeep-charred oak.\u003c\/strong\u003e Buffalo Trace lists deep-charred heavy oak for the 15 Year’s barrels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-point\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e03\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpening the Pappy tier.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the 2026 collection, Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve starts with this fifteen-year bourbon and continues with the 20 and 23 Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-dark-band\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 02\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003ePappy’s Recipe\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-r\"\u003e1893 · 1935\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mw-bodycopy\"\u003eJulian P. “Pappy” Van Winkle Sr. started out in 1893, at eighteen, as a salesman for the liquor wholesaler W.L. Weller \u0026amp; Sons. He was sixty-one when Stitzel-Weller opened its doors on Derby Day, May 1935, in Shively, just outside Louisville, and its bourbon swapped rye for wheat; by Buffalo Trace’s account, at ninety-one he was the oldest active distiller in the country. The bourbons sold under his name today, the 15 Year among them, keep that wheated recipe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-dark-band\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 03\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eSensory Profile \u0026amp; Strategy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-r\"\u003eDistiller notes \u0026amp; position\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-acts speakable\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-act\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-act-n\"\u003eI\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSensory Profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaramel corn and vanilla sit with leather, seasoned oak and layered fruit in the 15 Year’s 2026 tasting note. The palate deepens as it goes, and the finish brings warm spice and oak tannin that linger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-act\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-act-n\"\u003eII\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStrategic Position\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive years and 16.6 points of proof separate it from \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pappy-van-winkle-20-year\" class=\"mw-accent\"\u003ethe twenty-year Family Reserve, bottled at 90.4\u003c\/a\u003e. Going the other way, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/van-winkle-family-reserve-rye\" class=\"mw-accent\"\u003ethe family’s thirteen-year rye, bottled at 95.6\u003c\/a\u003e, is two years younger and the one 2026 Van Winkle whiskey made from a rye mash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap mw-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 04\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eCollector Note \u0026amp; Index\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-r\"\u003eVault provenance\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-prov\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-feat-head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-feat-ico\"\u003e→\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrom the heart of the warehouse\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe family describes the 15 Year as “Selected from barrels in the heart of our Kentucky warehouse,” and says the bourbon has been left untouched for its fifteen years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-index\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-index-head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-il\"\u003eCollector Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-ir\"\u003eMW VAULT\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdl class=\"mw-index-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eBrand\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003ePappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eCrafted at\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eBuffalo Trace Distillery\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eClass\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eKentucky straight bourbon\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eAge\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e15 years\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eStrength\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e107 proof · 53.5% ABV\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eMash\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eWheated\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eBarrels\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eHeart of the warehouse\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eRelease\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e2026 collection\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mw-hublink\"\u003eFor the 20 and 23 Year, see \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pappy-van-winkle\" class=\"mw-accent\"\u003eMidnight Whiskey’s Pappy Van Winkle collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-dark-band\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 05\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eTechnical Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-table-box\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"mw-table\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eName in the 2026 Release\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Bourbon 15-Year-Old\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFamily Company\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOld Rip Van Winkle Distillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrafted At\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBuffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge Statement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 Years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eProof\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e107 Proof\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e53.5% ABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMash Bill\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWheated\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOak\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDeep-charred heavy oak\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBarrel Selection\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeart of the warehouse\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRelease\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2026 collection, announced September 10, 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKentucky\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e750 mL \/ 700 mL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap mw-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-chap\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-chap-no\"\u003eNº 06\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mw-h3\"\u003eRecords \u0026amp; Assurance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eProduction Methodology\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuffalo Trace Distillery crafts the 15 Year, which spends fifteen years in barrel; its bottling strength is 107 proof (53.5% ABV).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eAuthentication \u0026amp; Vault Preservation\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery bottle sold through Midnight Whiskey is sourced as an authentic, sealed product and inspected before it ships. Orders are packed with padded, glass-rated handling and require an adult signature (21+) on delivery; we do not ship to anyone unable to verify legal drinking age. For our full sourcing and handling protocols, see \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/authentication-standards\" class=\"mw-accent\"\u003eour editorial and authentication standards\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"mw-q\"\u003eIs Pappy 15 wheated?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. The mash for Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 15 Year is a wheated one, made at Buffalo Trace Distillery to the grain recipe the Van Winkle family calls its own. A 107-proof bottling follows its fifteen years in barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"mw-q\"\u003eWhat proof is Pappy 15?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e107 proof, or 53.5% ABV, is the strength of Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 15 Year. That makes it the strongest of the three Family Reserve bourbons in the 2026 collection; among the other 2026 whiskeys, only the ten-year Old Rip Van Winkle is bottled as strong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"mw-q\"\u003eHow does Pappy 15 compare with Pappy 20 and Pappy 23?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst the 20 Year’s 90.4 proof and the 23 Year’s 95.6, Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 15 Year carries 107, so in the Van Winkle family’s 2026 collection strength falls from the 15 to the 20 and rises again for the 23. In age the 15 Year is the junior of the three, at fifteen years to the others’ twenty and twenty-three.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-wrap mw-signoff\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-rule\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-signoff-row\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mw-tag mw-tag-a\"\u003eMidnight Whiskey · The Vault\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"mw-tag mw-tag-m\"\u003eFifteen Years\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Buffalo Trace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":69510409814050,"sku":"89319123723-26","price":1849.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/5566\/1602\/files\/image3_51629be6-e8a7-473d-ae80-52678df8c37f.jpg?v=1793224348","url":"https:\/\/www.midnightwhiskey.com\/products\/pappy-van-winkle-15-year-2026","provider":"Midnight Whiskey","version":"1.0","type":"link"}