ABV 45.2%
Chocolate and spice and all things nice.
Laura Foster
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
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
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
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