| #147 Austin Nichols Wild Turkey NAS Kentucky Spirit Straight Bourbon American | |||||||||||||||||||||
| This cost is what I found the likely shelf price for a 750ml bottle to be, based on an average of costs throughout the USA. Your price may differ significantly. This is not an advertisement of sale, this bottle is likely empty by now anyway Cost | $3500 |  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The whisky's score as weighed against the cost of a bottle. Adj. Score | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ABV | 50% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tasting # 165: Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit (13-AUG-2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Aside from one  slip up I've enjoyed every Wild Turkey product that I've tried, and the Kentucky Spirit keeps that tradition alive. If I understand the lineup correctly, KY Spirit represents the top of the Turkey line and its score reflects that. I need to track down some Russel's Reserve and their other liqueur to finish the main line of Austin Nichol's lineup. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Smell | Oranges, raisins, vanilla, honey and wood. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taste | Whatever was there prior to water is pretty much covered by the numbing effect of 50% alcohol, so we'll just move past that. WT=>KSSB starts wood and raisins and inches toward a top end of rye and oak smoke and toffee. Very solid peak and a woody fade that unfortunately lets some corn syrup and sour apples sneak in, along with toffee and more smoke. It manages to even out at the finish=> sharp oak, vanilla and molasses. Great length and tastes in the finish pull this up to a near 80 score. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tasting Score | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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