Wild Turkey 8 Year Old No.4 1982

Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit

Wild Turkey's Kentucky Spirit is the Single Barrel version of its 101 proof/50.5% ABV bourbon. The reviewed bottle from barrel # 73 was bottled on April 16, 2009. The reviewed bottle has been open for 3 years and is 95% full, and preserved with inert gas for the previous year Nose: mellow deep sweet maple, natural caramel, rye baking spices of...

Score 86/100

Wild Turkey 8 Year Old

“Don’t lean out the car like that my friend, you could die” said the taxi driver. But I needed the air. It was four in the morning and I was hanging on for dear life. Two hours ago I had been in a basement bar in London drinking WILD TURKEY. This particular bar sits on a small alley that cuts off the corner of Oxford Street. It’s managed by...

Score 80/100

Wild Turkey Rye

The reviewed bottle has been open for about 18 months and was purchased in early 2010. I have not sampled very recently released Wild Turkey 101 Straight Rye Whiskey. Nose: strong sweet penetrating spice notes: cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and a hint of black pepper. A delightful display of the flavours of rye. Moderate vanilla and a little...

Score 89/100

Wild Turkey Rye

Nose: distinctly Spicy (more savory spice then sweet on my nose), peppercorns, toasted rye bread, slight citrusy notes, an undercurrent of the slight vinilla and corn sweetness you get from a bourbon. The 50.5% alc carries the flavours exceptionally well and tickles the nose. Palate: zesty and tangy, slight honey sweetness with vinilla's,...

Score 85/100