Review #: 448
Description: Wild Turkey Traditions (1993)
Spirit: Scotch
Background: This is a bottling from Wild Turkey back in the Austin Nichols days. This was a NAS bottle designed for the export market, primarily for the travel retail market.
Distillery – Wild Turkey
Bottler – Wild Turkey
Brand – Wild Turkey
Selection – N/A
ABV – 50.5
Age – NAS
Nose – Lots of oak, dark chocolate, caramel popcorn, leather, clove, coffee with cream
Taste – Very rich, butterscotch candy, cherry cordial, vanilla cream, honey bbq sauce
Finish – Charred cherries, rich oak, dark chocolate, sourdough bread, light black pepper lingers nicely
Score: 7
Would I buy a bottle? Of all the older turkey, this might be the most attainable. Not sure of prices but this is excellent stuff
Thoughts: Fun to try this right after the Old Crow. There’s parallels to modern day turkey versus others as it definitely is a bit more robust and slightly less sweet, but it maintains balance and has such a nice richness to it along with depth and complexity. I’ve never had CGF, but if it’s better than this, then the hype is warranted.