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Wild Turkey Jimmy Russell’s 70th Anniversary Release Kentucky Straight Bourbon Aged 8 Years

Bourbon Wild Turkey
  • Distiller

    Wild Turkey

  • Bottler

    Wild Turkey

  • ABV

    50.5%

  • Age

    8 Years

  • Price $30 to $59.99

Announced Sept. 10, 2024, this is a bottling released by Wild Turkey to celebrate Jimmy Russell's 70-year anniversary with the distillery. A blend of 8- and 9-year-old bourbons that Wild Turkey says were selected from some of Russell's favorite rickhouses, this bottling is bottled at 101 proof, in classic Russell and Wild Turkey fashion.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 84
  • Distiller
  • By Stephanie Moreno
  • Feel free to drink how you'd like — neat, rocks, or mixed as you raise a glass to Jimmy!
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  • Raided Score: 94
  • Whisky Advocate
  • By Julia Higgins
  • Vanilla buttercream, Mounds bar, and black currant end this celebration on a high note.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • This may be a bit more refined and a touch sweeter than rack Wild Turkey 101, but it’s clearly cut from the same cloth.
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  • Raided Score: 90
  • The Bourbon Culture
  • By Mike & Mike
  • Jimmy Russell’s 70th Anniversary Bourbon is a refined, robust sip that does, in fact, having me smack my lips and saying “now that’s what Turkey is supposed to taste like!”
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • A pour worthy of Jimmy Russell himself!
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Whiskey Reviewer
  • By Richard Thomas
  • The finish runs with peppermint and vanilla.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Sweet and enticing on the nose. Vanilla bean, cinnamon, tapioca, oak, custard, honeycrisp apple, cherry, plum.

  • Taste:

    Great viscosity on the palate. A hearty helping of oak is joined by honey, cherry, nutmeg and cinnamon, plus mega apple character, which carries onto the palate with a tart Granny Smith note and also a less prominent sweeter apple bake note layered in.

  • Finish:

    Warm, buttery, gentle, medium to long finish. Plenty of green apple continues onto the finish, joined by cherry, tobacco, oak and char.

  • Overall:

    This is lovely. It's exquisitely oaky, layered with plenty of sweet apple character and super easy to sip and enjoy. A pour worthy of Jimmy Russell himself!

  • Score:

    92

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources