(Credit score: Wild Turkey)
For its third expression in its single rickhouse idea line, Wild Turkey has launched Russell’s Reserve Camp Nelson B. This follows the 2022 launch of Camp Nelson C and 2023’s Camp Nelson F, and is the very best proof launch of all the model so far. Every launch on this sequence is crafted from a small batch of uncommon shares sourced completely from a single rickhouse, with the purpose of highlighting the distinctive traits {that a} given rickhouse may even, even relative to a different positioned proper subsequent to it.
In-built 1946 and nonetheless standing tall right this moment, Camp Nelson Rickhouse B is centrally positioned on the Camp Nelson grounds. The seven-floor rickhouse advantages from larger elevation and elevated solar publicity, in comparison with the rickhouses of the earlier iterations that sat nearer to the Kentucky River and its shady treeline. The new setting was integral in creating the whiskey’s oaky profile, and a serious contributing issue to its impressively excessive proof level of 120.2. It isn’t solely the very best proof entry within the Single Rickhouse Assortment so far, however the highest proof of any Russell’s Reserve bottling ever launched.
For Single Rickhouse Camp Nelson B, Grasp Distiller, Eddie Russell, and his group chosen barrels from the sixth flooring, the place the local weather is mostly hotter. “The upper we went, the warmer it obtained, and the extra oak we had been getting on the whiskeys. For Camp Nelson B, we wished to ensure we had been actually showcasing the wealthy, darkish honey and char notes that we are inclined to get from that rickhouse, and we had a sense that the bourbon we had been on the lookout for was sitting up there, having fun with the solar,” mentioned Eddie Russell. “To me, this bottling of Single Rickhouse embodies the essence of Russell’s Reserve and I couldn’t be prouder of the ultimate product – it’s really certainly one of our greatest.”
Russell’s Reserve Camp Nelson B is priced at $300 a bottle.
