Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel Bourbon

This is one of the best I've had, it's as good or better than my beloved Blantons and readily available

PSA for my NC friends. Durham County ABC has the old version of these bottles on sale for $35. That's a $25 discount, almost unheard of for sale prices in NC. I'm not sure if this is happening in all counties but I'd check out your local store if you want a bottle.

Cinnamon Honey Spicy Citrus Nose

I normally debate doing this more, but this is a pick, but it's a single barrel product. They're all effectively picks. This is barrel # 18-0715 and it is a 10 year old bottling. Warehouse F and rick 38. Nose - The nose brings with it a nice mix of sweet and savory. Peanuts, oak, caramel, a bit of honey comb, and based on sneezing twice nosing it....a bit of alcohol despite the good but not BP proof. Taste - The first thing to come to mind is a lot of peanut shell. This is turkey but it's a unique one for sure imo. Oaked peanut shell is paired with near aspartame levels of sweetness. The finish is this odd and yet pleasant mix of alcohol, some youth, vanilla, and that just intense aspartame sweetness. Normally, I use that aspartame note as a pretty negative one, but it's so balanced with the peanuts and oak and vanilla, I kinda find it interesting an inviting. Normally with a bourbon this vibrant and light in most of the tasting notes, i'd tend to expect more fruit. This isn't fruity though. Even with water where I thought we'd tease some out, I didn't get it. A balanced and yeah enjoyable pour. It's oddly one where I like it more when I'm just drinking and not thinking about it. Trying to dive into the nuances here is somewhat distracting me. Score - I'm at a 1.75. I like it, but I like whisky. If I took the 350 bottles I have and ranked them, knowing my bottles skew higher end and better, I'm not sure this would be better than the bottom 20. I'm glad to have it but I'd rather have a rare bread. I might actually much prefer that one.