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Wild Turkey Rare Breed Barrel Proof

Kentucky Bourbon Kentucky
Age
612 years
ABV
58.4%
Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deep burnished copper amber
Nose
Dark, sweet and oaky with caramel, toffee, bright orange zest, toasted caramel, vanilla, sliced red apple, cinnamon, licorice and burnt chocolate. Very woodsy with floral notes
Palate
Sweet and spicy with rye spice, maple sugar, caramel and leather finding intensity immediately. Clementines and tobacco add depth. Orange peel, brown sugar, honey, grape note and leather
Finish
Long finish where sweet overpowers spice — caramel and maple sugar candy temper rye spice. Oak, tobacco spice, salted caramel, cinnamon and clove with floral notes lingering

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • New American oak with #4 alligator char
  • barrel proof

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