Woodford Reserve | 2021 “Copper and Stone” Holiday Special Edition

Whiskey: Woodford Reserve | 2021 “Copper and Stone” Holiday Special Edition

Ahead of the holiday season, Woodford Reserve has released its 2021 Holiday Special Edition. For the second year in a row, this bottle features the artwork of Britsh architect Nich Hirst, depicting Woodford Reserves’ Still Room, titled, “Copper and Stone.”

Size: 1000mL

Proof: 90.4 (45.2% ABV)

Origin: United States

Distillery: Woodford Reserve

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This year the bottle features festive artwork by UK-based architect Nick Hirst. Hirsts painting titled Copper and Stone, and painted in watercolor and shows the three copper pot stills, lit from skylights above, in the iconic interior of the distillery building. This is the second year Hirsts artwork has been featured on the annual holiday bottle.

This scene, recognizable to anyone who has visited Woodford Reserve during the past 24 years, celebrates the fact that whiskey ages year-round regardless of weather.

Specializing in historic buildings, Hirst has worked for 20 years in sites across the world, from North Africa to the Middle East and Russia. His work has previously been exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour in London.

The Copper and Stone painting is based on a few preliminary pencil sketches from his visit to the distillery in Versailles, Kentucky, later laid onto a watercolor paper.

Woodford Reserve | 2021 “Copper and Stone” Holiday Special Edition Tasting Notes

Nose: Rich aromas of gingerbread, caramel and chocolate

Taste: Full-bodied with a nice mouthfeel, flavors of caramel, chocolate, cinnamon spice, and a mild smokiness balance with lightly toasted oak and tobacco. Perfect for this holiday season.

Finish: Sweet at first, lingering notes of burnt brown sugar and seasoned oak make for a nice aftertaste. Compliments all around.

Distillery Information

Nestled amid the rolling hills of bluegrass and thoroughbred farms sits our historic Woodford Reserve Distillery. One of Kentuckys oldest and smallest distilleries, the present day Woodford Reserve Distillery is built on history, sitting on Kentuckys oldest distilling site where Elijah Pepper began crafting whiskey in 1812. It was on these same hallowed grounds that years later Master Distiller James Christopher Crow perfected his whiskey-making methods, which today have become common practice, including the implementation of sour mash into fermentation. The Distillery is home to a 500-foot-long gravity-fed barrel run, our iconic copper pot stills, and 100-year-old cypress wood fermenters. We also boast one of the only heat cycled barrelhouses in the world, ensuring every drop seeps into the charred and toasted white oak, giving Woodford Reserve its color and signature flavor.