Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 19 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Soft and luscious. Fruity, orangey. Chocolate. Mint. Palate Big, lively, flavours with ginger and more chocolate. Finish Especially gingery. Root ginger? More chocolate. Comment My descriptors make it sound like a dessert whisky, but it is also very appetising. Just a tad too sophisticated for me.

Dave Broom Nose The most herbal and spicy of the WT range: wild thyme, sage, fennel, coriander, nutmeg, cumin. Also smokier than the rest with notes of molasses, chestnut honey, crème brûlée. Palate Complex and very soft. Raisin bread, butter, tupelo honey/maple. Finish Huge and everlasting. Highly complex. Comment As sexy as Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul. One to savour all night.