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92Excellent

Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection Very Fine Rare Bourbon

Bourbon Woodford Reserve
  • Distiller

    Woodford Reserve

  • Bottler

    Woodford Reserve

  • ABV

    45.2%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $100 to $199.99

Blending barrels as old as 17 years, this eclectic release from Woodford Reserve is an extremely new kind of release for the distillery. The brand has been strongly against age statements at all, let alone one this old. Bottled at 45.2 proof - like the rest of Woodford’s non batch proof releases.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 92
  • The Daily Pour
  • By t8ke
  • Easily the best Woodford that’s crossed my desk. Knowing they have the stocks to produce releases like this, I’ll expect to see more in the future, and applaud a release that strengthens my interesting in staying up on future bottlings.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • Caramel corn, malty milk chocolate and vanilla, and notes of crushed walnuts all inform the lengthy, sultry finish. The conclusion lingers for just about forever. My sample bottle, however, is bone dry.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Breaking Bourbon
  • By Nick
  • While a few bourbon enthusiasts who laser-focus on technicals will take issue with the non-specific reference to the 17 year old barrels included in the blend (myself included), most won’t give it a second thought. Instead, they’ll get a limited edition bourbon that looks, tastes, and feels a bit special...the way limited releases should. Thankfully, the flavor profile doesn’t disappoint.
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  • Raided Score: 93
  • WhiskyCast
  • By Mark Gillespie
  • The taste has oak tannins balanced by baked apples, a hint of orange peel, honey, and subtle spices. The finish is long with lingering subtle touches of spices and raisin bread with orange marmalade. Excellent!
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Bold oak, toffee, honey and some orange peel. Pungent cocoa, honey, tobacco and a bit of old musty, dusty notes.

  • Taste:

    Pretty hefty mouthfeel for the proof. By no means syrupy, and it doesn’t land as a 67% WLW does, but there’s quite a bit going on here. Plum, peach, brown sugar and brown butter blend into a sweet, welcoming dram with a powerful oak structure to keep things interesting.

  • Finish:

    Long finish, filled with brown sugar, fig, tobacco and peach cobbler.

  • Overall:

    Easily the best Woodford that’s crossed my desk. Knowing they have the stocks to produce releases like this, I’ll expect to see more in the future, and applaud a release that strengthens my interesting in staying up on future bottlings.

  • Score:

    92

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

  • By t8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources