I’ve reviewed this once before back in 2015, I believe, but I decided to review this again upon hearing what Bruce Russell said on Reddit - thanks to David Jennings for the heads up. Certain bottles from 2018 (July, August, September) contain “quite a bit” more of 10 year bourbon than on average. This usually hovers closer to 6 to 8 years. They were running low on 8 year (mainly because of the Longbranch launch), so they used more 10 year for a few months. I found a 2018 September (LL/GI*****) 1.75L bottle and thought that I would review it. N: Oak, cinnamon, vanilla, toffee, brown sugar, rye, herbal mint, apple. P: Vanilla, caramel, rye, mint, cloves, nutmeg. F: Cloves, light oak, mint. Nice creamy mouthfeel. A bourbon with wonderful rye notes for sure, but this has some excellent candied notes as well. I cannot say with certainty what the mashbill on this is - the bottle says it’s “high rye”. I’ve seen a few different guesses on the rye portion - anywhere from 13% to over 20% for the rye portion. I honestly believe, like most people, that it’s around 13 to 15% rye based on what I feel are credible sources from Wild Turkey and elsewhere, but I can’t say for sure. The Distiller app lists it as 13% rye, which could very well be true. I’d like to know where they got that information. Whatever the mashbill may be, Wild Turkey does a really good job of accentuating the rye - whether it be from filtering, entry proof, aging strategy, or whatever. This bottle really opened up nicely with air time. It really seemed to shine then - more caramel and vanilla to balance against the spice. I didn’t do a comparison between this and a “normal” version of the 101, but it may have been nice to compare. I may still do that yet. This is a solid and versatile bourbon for the money. It works neat and in cocktails.