Woodford Reserve Double Oaked - Ultra Premium American Whiskey

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked – Ultra Premium American Whiskey

Published on Friday, 16 March 2012 08:00

Geoffrey Kleinman

5 Comments

Before Patron, there really wasn’t an ultra premium market for tequila in the United States. Patron Silver changed all that and it made room for a number of other high end tequilas, like Tequila Avion, to come in above the $40 price point.

A similar situation exists in the American Whiskey space now. Yes, there are very high end special releases like Pappy Van Winkel and George T. Stagg, but those are often extremely hard to come by. Woodford Reserve has always had a very solid reputation in the bourbon space, and Master Distiller Chris Morris is considered to be one of the best. His experimental line, the Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection, has always been a favorite with whiskey enthusiasts and collectors.

Woodford has taken the bold step of launching a new product in the Woodford Reserve line called Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. This new bourbon is a solid new entry in a new ultra premium bourbon space. Priced at $49.99, the Woodford Reserve Double Oaked takes the traditional Woodford Reserve and then ages it longer in a special second barrel that has been custom crafted and toasted to bring out the deep honey, cream, and vanilla flavors in the whiskey. It’s a painstaking process but it results in one of the best bourbons on the market.

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked is deep amber in color with clear toasted oak notes in the nose along with vanilla, caramel, honey, and marzipan. The taste is a beautiful union of lush vanilla, honey, and cream along with bold spiced oak and cinnamon. It is one of the best unions of sweet and spicy we’ve tasted in this space.

Unlike many of the other entries in this space, Woodford Reserve Double Oaked is not a special release, but a regular addition to Woodford’s line, and a must-have for anyone who loves American Whiskey.

Atillery04

Woodford Reserve is top of the line Kentucky Bourbon along with Four Roses 100 proof. I have become a huge Bourbon fan in the last year and have visited the Bourbon Trail Distillery Tours. My husband and I recently moved to Wisconsin and have educated several people on what Terrific Bourbon really is…Kentucky made Bourbon.
Awaiting a shipment of Double Oak Woodford Reserve to come to our local supply store.
Sawadee

Um…by no measure to any even half-knowledgeable person is this a “super-premium”. What PR stooge or suck up stated this?

“top of the line”? No. It’s tasty…but…ever hear of Van Winkle? Ever hear of Willett? Maybe Parker’s Reserve? Black Maple Hill? No? Maybe the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection? Even Four Roses have FAR more rare, tasty & “premium” labels.
- Geoff Kleinman
  
  Specialty releases are a completely different animal. Van Winkel, Parkers and Willet are all amazing. They are also extremely limited in availability where Woodford is a full regular product. Also have you tasted it?
Gmason66

Woodford is literally cut with Old Forrester. Stumbled across this lil fact at the Woodford distilery tour! At the bottling portion of the tour (where bottling machine was, but not running) my buddy noticed a barrell that had white paint over the bottom of a barrell that the tourguid was pulling bourbone from, this barrell actually had the words Old Forrester slightly bleeding through the white paint. So he say’s to the wonderful tour guide we had “why the hell does that say Old Forrester” tour guide gets a little bit bedazzled and says I will get to that in a second, then goes on to tell everyone that demand is so high for Woodford that they ship the product from Versailes distillery to Louisville where it is cut with Old Forrester! That being said, I can certainly taste a slight difference in Woodfords taste compared to other bourbon & I like it, but wont ever be paying the steep price for it, not if I can get Old Forrester for a third of the price!

Fancy bottle, fancy add campaigns in fancy magazines. Super premium should be verbage reserved for a pour that stands out to you, not a price point.
- Geoff Kleinman
  
  Woodford makes no bones about the fact that they produce a portion of their whiskey in their Loisville facility which is also home to Old Forrester. Old Forrester is superb. The signature 100 proof is ideal for manhattans and the Birthday Bourbon has been one of my picks for best value for what you get for many years. But the Woodford Double Oaked is simply amazing. Don’t dismiss it before you try it.

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