PBMichiganWolverine
Russell's Reserve 13 Year Bourbon (2023 Release)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
March 3, 2024 (edited May 16, 2024)
I’m definitely going to be the outlier.
Oddly, this wasn’t for me. I bought a tasting kit that had this plus a few other Russell samples. But admittedly, the only reason I bought the kit was for this sample. The bottle is so difficult to find, and if you do, it’s so expensive. I’ve seen it behind closed glass panes, priced well over $400.
In retrospect, so glad I never bought one.
Nose is fine—- caramel, vanilla, baking spice
It’s the taste that fell apart for me. Just way too oaky and tannic, saccharin tasting. It’s as if this was past it’s prime.
Wondering if the kits all got bad samples? Or maybe it’s degraded in quality vs the previous releases?
Who know…but based on this pour, I’d not even pay $50
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@Anthology that’s a good point—- wouldn’t surprise me if a human error was made
Indeed quite a drop off. Speculating here…is it possible the ever-present human error inadvertently put a different juice in your sample bottle? It’s not impossible to imagine if the supplier has to fill several orders / requests 🤷🏾♂️
@soonershrink yeah, I loved that one. I’m thinking maybe I just got a bad sample. It was from a tasting kit.
Yikes. Sounds like it's had quite the downturn from the 2022 bottling that you gave 5 stars.