2025 Woodford Reserve Master's Collection Batch Proof No. 9 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 700ml
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Woodford Reserve makes its bourbon the same way every single year: the identical 72/18/10 recipe of corn, rye, and malted barley, the same triple copper pot still distillation married with column-still whiskey from Brown-Forman's Louisville facility, the same slow seasons in heat-cycled stone warehouses outside Versailles. Batch Proof, the spring pillar of the Master's Collection innovation series, exploits that consistency brilliantly — by holding everything constant, it lets a single vintage's barrels speak entirely for themselves.
The 2025 release gathered roughly 120 barrels into one marriage and bottled it untouched at 119.5 proof, the strength the batch reached on its own. It is among the gentler figures the series has posted since 2018, sitting nearly thirty points above the flagship's 90.4 yet noticeably softer than the loftiest years — proof, literally, that Kentucky's weather writes a different story into the wood each season. Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall's team selected the barrels; nature set the number on the label.
Sensory-wise, the 2025 batch reveals bold layers of char, anise, and sandalwood, threaded with hints of spiced raspberry and roasted walnuts. The comparatively restrained strength makes this one of the more approachable cask-strength Woodfords to sip neat, though a splash of water still coaxes out extra orchard fruit and sweet grain from beneath the oak.
Presented in the elegant 700ml decanter-style bottle that has become the modern signature of the range, the 2025 edition continues a lineage now spanning eight vintages of uncut Woodford. For those building a vertical of the series, each spring's release is a page in an ongoing almanac of Kentucky maturation, and this chapter — dark-toned, aromatic, and unusually drinkable at full strength — earns its place in the sequence on character rather than sheer horsepower.
- Size: 700ml
- Proof: 119.5 (59.75% ABV)
- Origin: Versailles, Kentucky
- Distillery: Woodford Reserve Distillery (Brown-Forman)
- Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, cask strength
- Mash Bill: 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley
- Composition: Marriage of approximately 120 barrels bottled at natural batch strength
- Series: Master's Collection Batch Proof, 2025 annual release
- Tasting Notes: Char, anise, sandalwood, spiced raspberry, roasted walnuts, long aromatic finish
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