Woodford Reserve Master's Collection Batch Proof 119.8

Nose: cherry, chocolate brownie, pie crust, fruit Taste: sweet and salty and very full bodied. Melted chocolate, cinnamon, pie crust, tart cherry. Experience: eating cherry pie with fancy rich hot chocolate. A really fine dram.

Fresh bottle crack. Neat. Nose is vanilla caramel with some oak spice. Taste for me is like that of the nose. Rich sweet caramel with a spicy dry finish. I get some fruity notes (apple to me) as well. I like it.

WOW! This stuff is outstanding. Very dark amber color, almost with a hint of orange to it, viscous with legs that stick to the glass and slowly run down like syrup. Dark chocolate, vanilla, oak spice, with a candied-cherry sweetness that lingers on the finish. Drinks surprisingly easy for 120 proof. Very close to a perfect 5 bourbon for me!

Caramel, vanilla, dark fruit on the nose. Vanilla and cherry up front that quickly heats up to barrel spice. Really nice finish of orange peel and oak. Was hoping for a little more complexity.