Wilderness Trail Kentucky Straight Bourbon Bottled in Bond 6 Year Old (750ml)

Kentucky’s Wilderness Trail Distillery began releasing products only in the last couple years, patiently waiting for their four-year, bottled-in-bond bourbon to come of age. A couple of years later, and the distillery is now slowly releasing its first six-year-old bourbons. This is their rye recipe (24% rye, 12% malted barley) made using the unique sweet mashing process, and since it’s drawn from some of the distillery’s oldest stocks, distilled on the original pot still.  Nose – Apple kicks things off accompanied by cinnamon graham crackers. Fresh milled grain wafts in and out throughout the nose. Vanilla and cherry move in on the backend as it opens up. There is quite a bit going on here. Palate – Oily mouthfeel coating the palate. Sweet cinnamon sugar hits first follow by bitter oak tannin. One the mid palate the apple comes through in a nice juicy wat. Cinnamon comes back in now on the back palate, but this time brings a darker brown sugar with it. This leads into a medium finish t