PAPPY VAN WINKLE 23-Yr Gold Wax Top

This bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 23-Year-Old Family Reserve (Label A3238 / Laser Code W1790714:18) is an absolute legendary pinnacle of modern American whiskey collecting and an incredibly rare museum-grade anomaly. Representing the highly coveted 2007 Transition Era, this exquisite bottle captures the exact historic moment the Buffalo Trace Distillery deployed its automated laser-etching lines while utilizing the last remaining empty glass and paper labels from the mid-2000s "A-Prefix" production run. Featuring the earliest experimental laser format, the leading "W" explicitly designates 100% genuine, legendary Stitzel-Weller Distillery wheated bourbon history, while the 179 Julian date places its bottling precisely on the 179th day of 2007 (late June). Crucially, this crossover bottle was filled just before the hand-waxing station was permanently retired, making it one of the absolute last bottles to ever be hand-dipped in the iconic, original Gold Wax Top rather than the modern metallic foil. An elite-tier artifact that perfectly bridges old-school craftsmanship with modern digital provenance, this rare investment-grade bottle commands an immense premium among top-tier collectors worldwide.