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Woodford Reserve Straight Rye
Rye — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
September 6, 2019 (edited September 12, 2019)
"Hey! You got Rye in my bourbon"
"hey! you got bourbon in MY RYE!"
"hey......"
"HEY!!!!!"
So Chris Morris didn't want Woodford Rye to be just another green labeled bottle, and that may have just worked out. The great tastes that taste great together, bourbon and rye are pretty well cobbled together here, off the top I get the expected redhot-cinnamon and clove rye warmth but also a nose full of sweet vanilla and caramel notes with some malted milk thrown in just to make sure my sweet tooth is satisfied. A distinct cola-cake thing going on which I never liked cola-cake when I was kid, but now I'm thinking it's not so bad.
Now the rye purist may balk at that sweet cinnamon mouth full and again that cola-cake taste, a tad of orange citrus sweetness with just a hint of spearment bubblegum as the warm amber juice fades out in the end. This is some pretty unique stuff going on even high rye bourbons don't usually come near, but as we can expect from Woodford, with plenty of good things going on there is also a distinct lack of anything bad. The finish is incredibly smooth and just leaves me wanting another sip to remind me how gorgeous this concoction truly is. Perhaps not a purists favorite rye but certainly a bourbon lover rye, this green labeled bottle should turn heads. cheers!
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@BDanner yea the Woodford standard is pretty much the most bland thing they do, it's one of the reason's I favor Woodford, they don't tend to short change you when they throw a "new wrinkle" label out there, I'm just hoping the new Wheat treatment doesn't disappoint me.
This is next on my list. The Malt and Wheat have both been hits for me. The Double Oak? The jury’s still out. A real chameleon for me. So far my least favorite Woodford is their standard Bourbon. Go figure.