Wild Turkey Master's Keep Cornerstone Rye

Tasting: 2oz neat in glen cairn Nose: (4.75) Ripe berries, marzipan, oak, honey, and fresh churned butter. I also get nutmeg and all-spice. For 109 proof not much ethanol on the nose. Palate: (4.75): Reminds me of Christmas. Those tastes you get from sampling cookies right out of the oven. Think toffee squares, fresh bourbon balls, the ones with the thumb prints and jelly in the middle. Then comes the spices. More nutmeg, a bit of clove on the back end. This is really good. Buttery rye bread rounds it all out. Finish (5.0): For days! Oak, jam, a bit of mint, butterscotch with a puff of pepper on the back end. It brings you back to start. Overall: A fantastic rye. It is warm like an old friend. It is sweet like a candy tray, but it has sass. Definately a rye that tastes like a rye. Strange how this was done with only a 52% rye mashbill. I hate the price. I think a lot of the Master's Keep Releases are about the neat packaging. I could do without the box and focus on the juice if it were for a lesser price. BUT you have to pay to play I guess. I dont think much whiskey commands this price. That saying THIS one will make me either buy a second reserve bottle or pine away when this one is done. If not for price it is a 5/5 in my opinion.

Tasted this after Blantons Black. Obviously more spice and heat at the tail. Consistent taste through and through. No harsh finish.... just consistent. 107 proof keep in mind.

tasted at hundred north in gilbert. nose carmel, orange. pretty solid rye. Snagged a bottle that night.

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