Russell's Reserve 2003

Nose: caramel and red fruit, hint of oak. Lotta caramel, the nose is a caramel bomb as this opens. Little more cherry twizzler as it opens. Body: light Palate: caramel, vanilla, pretzle Finish: long, smokey, caramelly, hint of pepperiness on the tongue. Note: decided to pop this to compare with the single ricks camp nelson C and F for whiskey bight in american. This is a subtle but delicious dram. The finish is long which is suprising for the proof. Very nice.

Very nice a little light if this was was 100 or 105 proof would’ve been much better 

Smooth. Good but not complex on palate. Cherry and cinnamon on nose.

Smooth. Good flavor.

Aroma- holy crap… I got a splinter up my nose from the massive oak profile. Seriously… I can smell the oak as it sits on my end table. Once I get passed the oak, it’s predominantly smoke. I’m really reaching here, but I get a dark fruit and maple. Amazing aroma. Taste - oak and smoke are the big guys here. But the secondary notes really make this one nice. Herbal tea, caramel,leather, sap honestly comes to mind (like pine)… Overall- Incredible… the finish is super long for 89.5 proof. And I only wonder just how orgasmic this would be at a higher proof. But I’m gonna still give this a 5… because it is a lower proof bourbon. I don’t usually come across something that is this aromatic and flavorful at this low of abv… It’s absolutely tremendous.

Nice rich mouth feel. Really enjoy it.