When crafting our Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey we meticulously work with the five sources of flavor to ensure exceptional taste and a balanced flavor. Grain the first of the five sources is exactly sourced to produce the defined taste were looking for in every bottle of Woodford Reserve. Our mash bill contains 53 percent rye resulting in a liquid with pronounced spice notes thats sweetly hinted with fruit before a long finish. Appearance: rich honey. Nose: spicy with distinct notes of rye black pepper cedar and cassia bark sweetened with a dusting of marzipan. Hints of pear apple and almond dance in its depths. Taste: clove rye mint molasses sorghum and honey mingle together with hints of apple and malt. Finish: long and sweetly spiced.