← Woodford Reserve
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
- Age
- No age statement
- ABV
- 45.2%
Tasting
How it drinks
- Sight
- Deep amber-mahogany; richer and darker than the standard bourbon due to double oaking, viscous legs
- Nose
- Rich dark caramel, toasted marshmallow, marzipan, brown sugar, baked apple, vanilla bean, honey, and warm baking spice. The second barrel adds pronounced toasted wood notes — cedar, sandalwood — absent from the standard bourbon
- Palate
- Dessert-like richness. Dark caramel, chocolate truffle, cherries jubilee, toasted coconut, marzipan, and deep vanilla. The deeply toasted second barrel adds sweet woodiness and butterscotch depth. Full body with silky, almost creamy texture. Spice is gentler than the standard bourbon — toasting converts tannins into sweet wood sugars
- Finish
- Long, warm finish. Toasted oak, dark chocolate, caramel, and lingering cherry. The second barrel's influence persists — sweet wood and butterscotch fade slowly. One of bourbon's great dessert drams
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
- Twice barreled — matured in new charred oak
- then re-barreled in a second deeply toasted and lightly charred new oak barrel
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