Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Name: Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Brand: Woodford Reserve

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A premium bourbon named for one of Kentucky's oldest distilleries. Rich and smooth, with dried fruit, orange, cocoa and cinnamon.

Details

Brand	Woodford Reserve
Distillery	Woodford Reserve Distillery
Origin	USA / Kentucky
Style	Bourbon
Age	NAS
ABV	45.2%
Cask	New oak casks

Flavour profile

Smoky
Sweet
Fruity
Spicy
Rich

* Editorial estimate.

Tasting notes

Nose: Rich dried fruit with hints of mint and orange dusted with cocoa.
Palate: Chewy and rounded, with citrus, cinnamon and cocoa.
Finish: Silky, almost creamy at first, with a long, warm tail.

* Editorial tasting notes.

How to enjoy it

On the rocks
Neat
Cocktails

Balanced enough to sip neat or on the rocks, and a classic base for an Old Fashioned or Manhattan.

Food pairing

Barbecue ribs, glazed ham, pecan pie and chocolate-orange desserts.

Background & production

Made at the Woodford Reserve Distillery near Versailles, Kentucky, where distilling began in 1812. Brown-Forman restored the historic site and launched the brand in 1996. It is the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby.

The bourbon combines copper pot still spirit made at Woodford Reserve with column still spirit from Brown-Forman's distillery in Shively. The mashbill is 72% corn, 18% rye and 10% malted barley.

It is bottled at 45.2% (90.4 proof).