Wild Turkey Aged 12 Years Bourbon Whisky (700 ml)

Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 70 cl. A long-aged 12 year old version of Wild Turkey Bourbon, bottled at their traditional strength of 101 US proof (50.5%). Wild Turkey is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey distilled and bottled by the Wild Turkey Distilling Co; a division of Campari Group.

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 continued to ask him for "that wild turkey bourbon". Austin Nichols began to bottle Wild Turkey in 1942.

Color: copper

Nose: (mature, layered) intense medicinal cherry, fragrant oak, salted caramel,leather, spiced citrus, warm baking spice, hints of cedar & autumn potpourri

Taste: (silky mouthfeel) vanilla spice, heady cream soda, charred oak, brown sugar,singed cherry, clove chewing gum, nutmeg, light cinnamon

Finish: long & flavorful – cherry cola, antique leather, “caramelized oak char,” molasses, tobacco, blood orange, faint sassafras & licorice