Jason_Hall
Wilderness Trail Bottled in Bond Small Batch Bourbon (High Rye Bourbon)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
April 21, 2020 (edited June 1, 2020)
I’ve heard good things about this one, which is their bourbon with rye (they have a wheated bourbon as well). Let’s get right to it.
This is batch 15F02
The nose has a light perfumey/floral thing going on, in a good way. Not in a grandma perfumey way. There’s vanilla, light strawberries, light corn, maple syrup and yeast rolls.
The palate is sweet and fairly oily with a slightly dusty/grainy feeling on the tongue. There is sweet corn, vanilla, honey, a little bit of butterscotch, and a hint of rye and a slight bitterness on the tip of the tongue.
The finish is medium in length with a slight bite of heat at the very beginning of the finish, but dissipates quickly. At first you get a big bump of rye spice and then it goes to a lingering sweet vanilla on the back of the palate/top of the throat and honey on the mid palate.
This is a very enjoyable bourbon. This one really benefits to resting in the glass for 10+ mins. It kept getting better as I came back to it. Though it’s youth is somewhat obvious, it’s not harsh or off putting at all. This is a sweet gentle bourbon that touches on the lighter side of the spectrum of flavors and then finishes with a slight rye punch.
50.0
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