Woodford Reserve
8

Woodford Reserve

Master's Collection 2016, Brandy Cask Finish

ABV 45.2%

Chocolate and spice and all things nice.

Laura Foster

Specification

Woodford Reserve

Brand

Master's Collection 2016, Brandy Cask Finish

Expression

Bourbon

Type

No age statement

Age (Years)

2016

Year of Bottling

45.2%

ABV

Kentucky

Region/Country

Standard (Distillery or blended)

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Laura Foster

Taster

Nose: Lovely and expressive. Juicy tropical fruit, some orange peel and cranberry fruit, sweet spice, clove, pine and freshly laundered sheets. There’s a touch of beef jerky in the background, but overall it’s that fresh sheet smell that pervades.

Palate: Fresh sheet aroma plays out on the palate before you take a bite of some cinnamon and chocolate-sprinkled French toast with a big vanilla pod on top.

Finish: Butterscotch and some fresh pine glide along.

Comment: Chocolate and spice and all things nice.

Score: 8

Mark Newton

Taster

Nose: Cherries and jam tarts, with sweet pastry. Vanilla custard. Highly perfumed. Herbal. Fennel and peppermint, but dominant vanilla and cherries.

Palate: Plum jam, blackcurrant cordial and Morello cherries. Vanilla, with blackcurrants, blackberries, redcurrants and ketchup. Great balance of fruity acidity and syrupy sweetness.

Finish: Nutmeg and pepper, with a cherry sweetness and peppermint.

Comment: Well defined flavours, intense and balanced. Time brings rewards.

Score: 8.1

8
Overall Score

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