Woodford Reserve Rye
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12602 | |
Woodford Reserve | |
USA, Kentucky | |
Kentucky Straight Rye | |
45.2% | |
0.7 l | |
Original bottling | |
Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Fruit:
Spices:
Sweet:
Vanilla:
Pear:
Apple:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Oak:
Wheat:
Caramel:
Rye:
Nuts:
Malt:
Mint:
Peach:
Clove:
Heather:
Cinnamon:
Cake:
Barley:
Herb:
Floral:
Tasting
Sweet:
Malt:
Spices:
Wheat:
Fruit:
Honey:
Herbs:
Rye:
Clove:
Oak:
Vanilla:
Caramel:
Apple:
Mint:
Nuts:
Oil:
Pepper:
Heather:
Cake:
Zitrus:
Maritime Notes:
Orange:
Sherry:
Chili:
Alcohol:
Cinnamon:
Barley:
Pear:
Seaweed:
Nutmeg:
Peat Smoke:
Finish
Spices:
Sweet:
Malt:
Wheat:
Fruit:
Oak:
Herbs:
Herb:
Peach:
Pepper:
Dark Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Rye:
Grass:
Heather:
Apple:
Caramel:
Floral:
Vanilla:
Chili:
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All tasting notes
My recent interest in rye led me to explore some of the main brands, today Woodford Reserve from Kentucky, USA. With only 53% rye in the mash bill, it appears fairly tame and 'bourbon-y'. Sweet spices, caramel popcorn and herbal honey form the nose, mixed with pineapple, walnuts and hints of fresh wood. The taste is spicier, oak-driven and slightly spirity with notes of bitter oranges, cloves and mild pepper. Lingering wood spices and orange zest remain in the medium finish. A perfectly drinkable rye, but less punchy and bold than Rittenhouse.
RATING: 3.4/5.0 ≙ 82 pts
RATING: 3.4/5.0 ≙ 82 pts
15. Jun 2018
Nosing:
Very aromatic, black pepper, fragrant wood, menthol and fresh horseradish
Taste:
Predominantly peppery and spicy. Cloves and nutmeg. That horseradish thing is back, it gets right up the back of your sinuses. Predominantly sweet but ends with a sour tang.
Finish:
Long and spicy
Comment:
Got this as a tester for Rye whisky. I'd definitely say it was interesting, but not sure I'll be coming back to it. The nose is very interesting in particular. Mixed feelings on this one.
Very aromatic, black pepper, fragrant wood, menthol and fresh horseradish
Taste:
Predominantly peppery and spicy. Cloves and nutmeg. That horseradish thing is back, it gets right up the back of your sinuses. Predominantly sweet but ends with a sour tang.
Finish:
Long and spicy
Comment:
Got this as a tester for Rye whisky. I'd definitely say it was interesting, but not sure I'll be coming back to it. The nose is very interesting in particular. Mixed feelings on this one.
16. Mar 2019
Nosing: baked (i.e., not a vibrant fruit; more subdued, even diluted)
Taste: and more than a touch of
Finish: a lingering and a musty (but pleasantly complementary) bitterness that comes across as
Comment: Quite a long time in the glass before the rye makes its way to the fore on the nose. A great deal of sugar sweetness dominates out of the bottle, with the requisite oak spice intertwined.
As a whiskey, Woodford Reserve Rye is enjoyable. Strictly as a rye whiskey, however, it lacks the complex bite that distinguishes the style.
Taste: and more than a touch of
Finish: a lingering and a musty (but pleasantly complementary) bitterness that comes across as
Comment: Quite a long time in the glass before the rye makes its way to the fore on the nose. A great deal of sugar sweetness dominates out of the bottle, with the requisite oak spice intertwined.
As a whiskey, Woodford Reserve Rye is enjoyable. Strictly as a rye whiskey, however, it lacks the complex bite that distinguishes the style.
09. Jan 2018