Russell's Reserve 10 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Whiskey: Russell's Reserve 10 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Master distillers and premier whiskey makers Jimmy and Eddie Russell have brought nearly 100 years of combined experience to artfully crafting Russell’s Reserve 10 Year Old Bourbon. Bottled at 90 proof, this hand selected small batch bourbon has a rich, caramel and vanilla taste and a uniquely smooth finish.

Size: 750mL

Proof: 90 (45% ABV)

Age: 10 Year

Origin: Kentucky USA

Distillery: Wild Turkey® Distilling Company

Kentucky, USA- Small batch bourbon by Master Distiller, Jimmy Russell and his son Eddie. Woody, piney aromatic surface with dry scents of grain and resin beneath. Corny sweetness upfront, then a whisper of butterscotch Full bodied, sweet and clean. GOLD MEDAL- 2007 SAN FRANCISCO.

Russell's Reserve 10 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Tasting Notes

Nose: Woody, piney aromatic surface with dry scents of grain and resin beneath.

Palate: Corny sweetness upfront, then a whisper of butterscotch Full bodied, sweet and clean.

Finish: Long and warm finish.

Distillery Information

In 1891, Thomas Ripy built the Old Hickory Distillery in Tyrone, Kentucky, near Lawrenceburg, on the former site of the Old Moore Distillery. After Prohibition, the Ripy family (Thomas had died in 1902) repaired the distillery and began to again produce bourbon. The Ripys sold the bourbon produced at this distillery to various wholesalers who bottled bourbon under their own brands. Austin Nichols was one of these wholesalers.

The "Wild Turkey" brand is said to have arisen after an Austin Nichols executive, Thomas McCarthy, took some warehouse samples on a wild turkey hunting trip in 1940. The bourbon proved so popular among his friends they denyd to ask him for "that wild turkey bourbon." Austin Nichols began to bottle Wild Turkey in 1942.