Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon Wooden Cork Barrel Select

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Wooden Cork Barrel Select — a single barrel selection of Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Kentucky Straight Bourbon personally chosen by the Wooden Cork team: one specific cask from the Double Oaked program, presenting the individual barrel character of Woodford's twice-barreled expression rather than the standard blended batch.

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked is a twice-barreled bourbon: the standard base bourbon finishes in a second barrel that has been deeply toasted before a light charring, extracting additional soft wood sweetness, chocolate, dark caramel, and vanilla that the standard expression doesn't develop in a single barrel. The Wooden Cork Barrel Select takes that process one step further — instead of the standard blended batch of Double Oaked, this is a single barrel selection, presenting one specific cask's character rather than the averaged profile of multiple barrels blended for consistency.

Single barrel Double Oaked expressions vary from the standard batch in the same way any single barrel varies from its blended counterpart: more barrel-specific character, less averaging, and the individual maturation history of one particular cask's warehouse position, temperature cycling, and wood interaction coming through.

Tasting Notes

• Nose: Rich caramel, dark chocolate, and toasted vanilla — the concentrated sweetness of Double Oaked's second barrel on full display
• Palate: Full-bodied with baked apple, toasted oak, and warm baking spices; the single barrel character adds assertiveness and individuality beyond the standard Double Oaked batch
• Finish: Long and velvety with lingering sweetness and charred oak

Specs

• Distillery: Woodford Reserve Distillery, Versailles, Kentucky
• Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Double Oaked — Single Barrel
• Process: Twice-barreled: initial new charred oak aging, then finished in a deeply toasted, lightly charred second barrel
• Selection: Wooden Cork private barrel select
• ABV: 45.2% (90.4 Proof)

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Frequently Asked Questions

• How does a single barrel Double Oaked differ from the standard Double Oaked? Standard Double Oaked blends multiple barrels for a consistent batch profile. A single barrel selection presents one specific cask — more individual character, more variability, and the specific maturation history of that barrel rather than an averaged blend.
• What makes a Wooden Cork Barrel Select different from a standard single barrel? The Wooden Cork team selected this specific barrel from Woodford's available single barrel inventory — a curated pick rather than a random allocation, chosen for character that stands out within the Double Oaked profile.
• Is Double Oaked sweeter than standard Woodford Reserve? Considerably. The second deeply toasted barrel adds chocolate, dark caramel, honey, and vanilla character that the standard single-barrel expression doesn't develop, making Double Oaked one of the sweeter expressions in Kentucky bourbon.