*note small hairline crack in wax.   Hirsch bottles are known to leak and should the bottle leak in transit credits equivalent to the quantity of leakage will be applied*

Although many variants were released under the Hirsch label —15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20yr-olds—the 15yr gold wax "script" variant is sought after because of its Lawrenceburg bottling location, Japanese export status and overall rarity.

The Hirsch distillate was copper pot distilled in 1974 by Pennco and is believed to have yielded a 400-barrel batch.  Many of the early releases of A.H. Hirsch appeared in small batches, which Julian Van Winkle III bottled on an almost order-by-order basis. There was little consistency in label design, and as a result, there is great variety among the early bottlings. This bottle is a case in point: Though it is the same age as the previous Hirsch releases, its label shows the Hirsch name in a stylized cursive script – a small difference that nevertheless makes this bottle a prized possession.