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It’s been two years since we noticed something from the ultra-limited Woodford Reserve Distillery Series, however we’re comfortable to be again with its newest launch: Chocolate Malt Whisper. Usually I’d advise towards using the phrase “whisper” in any product — whiskey or in any other case — however let’s make an exception for the Woodford gang, right here releasing a bourbon that was produced instantly after the 2019 Grasp’s Assortment version, Chocolate Malted Rye Bourbon. Says Woodford: “A few of the taste notes from that Malted Rye carried over within the distillate of the following batch of bourbon. It influenced the flavour profile, leading to a bourbon enveloped in roasted chocolate notes.”
Enveloped? Maybe not fairly, no less than at first. The cocoa notes are current on the nostril, however decidedly gentle — certainly a whisper. Whereas the nostril evokes spice, pepper, and barrel char, it’s filtered by a delicate sweetness that, when prompted, one may pin as milk chocolate, however provided that you had a nudge in that course.
The palate nonetheless has a definite chocolate character, touched with notes of Port wine, a wholesome kick of vanilla, some baking spice notes, and a contact of cherry. Should you imagined your favourite bourbon after your favourite sweet bar was dipped in it for a couple of minutes, that is in all probability what you’d find yourself with — positively greater than a whisper, to make sure. The end is even heavier with chocolate, distinctly nutty (walnuts, pecans) and dripping with spice and notes of Maraska cherry. In the long run, the whisper turns into an outright yodel.
The considered ingesting the dregs of 2019’s Grasp’s Assortment could appear a bit bizarre at first — did they not clear the stills? — however this one seems to be greater than worthwhile ultimately.
90.4 proof.
A- / $50 (375ml) / woodfordreserve.com
Woodford Reserve Distillery Sequence – Bottled in Bond Bourbon
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