Woodford Reserve / Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Woodford Reserve

Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV 45.2%
REVIEWED Issue 10

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Specifications

Brand: Woodford Reserve
Expression: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Type: USA Whisky / Bourbon
Age: No Age Statement
Year of bottling: 2000
ABV: 45.2%
Country/Region: USA / Kentucky
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Awards

Recommended
Issue 10

Tasting notes

Taster Jim Murray

Nose: Pronounced oak softened by fruity rye and gentle vanilla. A little toffee and honey.
Palate: Big, big lift off with a powering oaky-rye surge and an immediate arrival of spice. Toasty towards the middle with the corn arriving late on.
Finish: Long, cocoa and oak finale; burnt toast with a spread of honey.
Comment: More oak and age than normal. Being small batch, it does vary but is always delicious.

8.5

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Cigar-boxes. Hint of charcoal.
Palate: Very firm. Full of flavours, tightly combined. Whole almonds, marzipan.
Finish: Very long. Flowery. Violets.
Comment: Perhaps encouraged by the dark-orange colour, the descriptors sound sweet but overall effect is one of pithy dryness, with great finesse.

8.5

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The Woodford Reserve Distillery, 7855 McCraken Place, Versailles, KY, USA

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