Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed W-T-01-95 Evaluation

Many, years in the past I attempted this Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed W-T-01-95 at an Epic Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed tasting. It was a freshly opened bottle and it confirmed properly, however not fairly in addition to this bottle did after a number of days of being open.

I received this “European” (Greek) launch of the WT0195 from an public sale about 5 years in the past and I opened it to have a good time the acquisition of my cabin. I additionally killed it on my final evening within the cabin to cap off practically 2 superb years of dwelling within the woods. I wrote the notes someplace in between and am lastly posting now that I’ve full my transfer from the mountains of CA to downtown DC. What a journey.

Now, let’s get to drinkin’!

Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed W-T-01-95 – Particulars and Tasting Notes

Whiskey Particulars

Cask Energy | Non-Chill Filtered | Pure Coloration

Fashion: Bourbon (Straight)
Area: Kentucky
Distiller: Wild Turkey

Mash Invoice: 75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Malted barley
Cask: New Charred Oak
Age: 6+ Years
ABV: 54.5%

Batch: W-T-01-95

Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed W-T-01-95 Value: NA – Public sale, Specialty Retailer or Personal Vendor*

Associated Whiskey

Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed
Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed 2015
Uncommon Breed 116.8 Proof
Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed Rye
Russell’s Reserve 1998

Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed W-T-01-95 Tasting Notes

EYE
Deep mahogany

NOSE
Oak, baking spice, decadent baking spice, orange peels, vanilla, dried darkish fruit, char, cocoa, marzipan and a contact of mustiness.

Has only a trace of OBE to provide it that musty dusty outdated feeling, however in any other case it’s a brooding oak and spice monster.

PALATE
Oak, cocoa, wealthy baking spice, roasted corn, complicated darkish sweets, dried darkish fruit, leather-based, natural, roasted grain and almonds.

Darkish and rustic with a chic sweetness transferring its method via.

FINISH
Lengthy -> Oak, baking spice, darkish sweets and a fruit

BALANCE, BODY and FEEL
Completely balanced, full-bodied, and a heavy really feel.

Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed W-T-01-95- Total Ideas and Rating

Years in the past in a blind occasion, I gave this a B+ (4/5), and once I opened this one contemporary I gave it the identical rating. After letting it sit for a few days at 3/4 full I lastly sat right down to take notes and the oak hit me like a truck.

A little bit of time and oxygen had morphed this right into a deep, heavy, brooding, monstrously elegant whiskey that stepped throughout the road into a brand new realm of bourbon awesomeness. Wild Turkey Uncommon Breed W-T-01-95 is a type of batches I want I had circumstances of within the bunker.

SCORE: 4.5/5 (superb, extremely really helpful ~ A- | 90-93)