Josh-Winneberger
Woodford Reserve Straight Rye
Rye — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
June 17, 2020 (edited October 4, 2020)
Exceeded expectations with this Woodford Rye guy pickup.
Neat
Nose: sweet spicy cherries at the rim. Time gets you the vanilla oaky chocolate. Think Christmas pine background with cherry ambrosia, if we are letting the mind travel a bit. It’s a great nose!
Palate: Nice change up! Tart, apricot dried or unripe fruit upfront. Young, so not the most smooth compared to something with an older age statement. Also not getting a ton of chocolate, but overall a pretty good rye for a rainy day.
3.75/5 🌕🌕🌕🌔 @ $50 USD
Music: Blues mix
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This guy is a great case study in the rye backbone - lots can be built off of it, but for better or worse I feel like WR chose not to build further. That said, rye itself is more chocolate/malt than the heat/spice that is wrongly attributed to the grain. Fun pour!