Until recently, I foolishly thought that Woodford's Batch Proof was the same every year so I never bothered to purchase another bottle after my first tasting a few years back. Oh the horror. This year I am righting that wrong. 2024's release is bottled at a lofty 121.2 proof and like previous years, the proof doesn't burn with regret. The nose does have an undercurrent of ethanol from proof but nothing more than expected. Vanilla with brown sugar carries a wave of baking spices making for a very delicious, classic bourbon scent profile. The taste opens sweet with brown sugar and a dusting of cocoa powder. Interestingly I don't taste much vanilla but perhaps it gets washed away by the sweet and spicy cinnamon sugar bomb mid taste. As that spice and accompanying tongue prickle smolder away, tannic oak takes center stage to dry up the taste. Oak carries into the finish and there's not much else happening but the finish is long and oily. There's a faint tartness.. some kind of berry on the finish but I can't really decipher it past the oak. Overall another solid release. Now that I am more in the know about Woodford's Batch Proof releases, I will be sure to keep my eye out for each and every special release.