WOODFORD RESERVE Distiller’s Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey PRIMETIME LIQUORS Store Selection. 45.2% ABV This is a Store Selection. Selection date 10/02/17 Mash Bill: 72% corn, 18% rye, and 10% malted barley Master Distiller: Chris Morris When I brought it home, I left the bottle air at 4:30 PM for 1.5 hours. I re-corked it and I am doing the tasting at 9:03 PM 3/7/18 COLOR: A Rich Reddish Brown with many legs running variously NOSE: Rich Vanilla with a creamy sense and some spiciness in the background. PALETTE: Some fruitiness in the arrival at the front of the tongue. Silky Mouthfeel. There is a balanced combination of Vanilla, Caramel and wood spice as I swirl it around. Nothing dominates, there is just a pleasant mix with some drying the longer I hold it in my mouth. FINISH: Slightly Hot going down with a drying sense on my tongue The drying sense is light and airy. 1 drop of Distilled water NOSE: Hint of light fruit with Caramel in the background PALETTE: Floor Polish note as it sits on the front of my tongue. The mouthfeel remains creamy, with spicy dry notes in the fore. Light Vanilla Sweetness rises as I swirl it around. Light sweetness in my second mouthful followed by a woody drying sense with spice rising as I swirl it. There is a light sweetness deep in the background. FINISH: Dry and peppery with tingling on my tongue. A mouthwatering sense arises, but still an overall dryness. 2 drops of Distilled water NOSE: Light sweetness PALETTE: Dryness with that Floor Polish note in the background. The mouthfeel is light and pleasant. A mixture of wood spice and caramel rise as I swirl it around. FINISH: Drying with pepper on my tongue and a mouthwatering sense. This Woodford Reserve Store Pick is best Neat IMO. The mouthfeel is rich and creamy; there is a nice lightly sweet fruit note mixed with the vanilla, caramel and spice. There is a nice complexity neat. With water there is a strange Floor Polish note that is slightly unpleasant. I have tasted it before in one American Single Pot Still Whiskey It does not work in either whiskey. NEAT, this Bourbon is very good. I enjoyed the Nose, Palette and Finish NEAT. Interestingly, this bourbon had a lighter sense than any other bourbon I have had. Also, it is the first bourbon were I have had a fruit note. P. S. In subsequent glasses the Floor Polish note has grown which to my palette is unpleasant