Wild Turkey Austin Nichols Archives – Gold Foil Edition 16yo Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (700ml) Pre-Order
Wild Turkey Austin Nichols Archives – Gold Foil Edition 16yo Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (700ml) Pre-Order
Pre-Order. That's what we thought and Please Read:
1. RRP$499, Why $500, because we have $15 flat freight fee charge if under $500. Basically, you paid $1 extra, and save $14 dollars on AUS Post delivery fee. We also highly recommended you do click and collect if you're based in Melbourne. (You can't trust Post Office 100%, it might end up damaged the bottle.)
2. The allocation stock it's limited, your pre-order now will most likely guarantee get the bottle. Unlike previous all the Master Keep release, we sell while we had stock arrived and go online, this pre-order might end up we don't have any stock leftover while it's finally arrived in late Aug/early Sep. Therefore, we recommended act quick, not wait. And prefer 1 bottle per customer but please no maximum than 2 bottles for the order.
3. Because the official launch will be estimated at Late Aug, maybe early Sep in Australia, please be patience and keep clam. This orders will only be fulfilled once stock arrives in-store. We will process as soon as stock arrived. Also, please check our newsletter and instagram story regularly.
4. As this is the The Inaugural Release of the New Wild Turkey whiskey, after ten years master's keep series. The first one always the most popular and most collectible in terms of the secondary market value and identified as hard to find rare collection. Also, it's 16yo bourbon, you won't see that many on the market. The US market sold out instantly and price went up to the roof crazy at $1500. In here, we encourage you to open and enjoy the whiskey, not for flip.
5. This is first Wild Turkey series solely led by Associate Master Blender Bruce Russell. If Master's Keep Beacon it serves as a ceremonial handover between three generations of the Russell family, the Gold Foil definitely it's the new chapter for the new future. For Cask Strength drinkers, we can't wait to see how it will taste like.
6. We reserve the right to change the RRP after this pre-order.
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Description from Wild Turkey official website:
Austin Nichols Archives Collection is a new, limited‑edition annual series honoring the most iconic bottles in Wild Turkey’s history and marking a new chapter led by Associate Master Blender Bruce Russell. Inspired by era‑defining releases from the distillery’s past, the series launches with Gold Foil Edition, a 16‑year‑old bourbon built to capture the depth, character, and enduring conviction of a legendary era.
INSPIRED BY A CLASSIC
The inaugural release, Gold Foil Edition, draws inspiration from one of Wild Turkey’s most beloved vintage bottlings from the 1980s and 1990s—nicknamed by fans as the “Cheesy Gold Foil.” Originally released between 1985 and 1992, these bottles later gained cult status among collectors for their remarkable depth, intensity, and unmistakable character.
Rather than recreating those whiskeys outright, Gold Foil Edition was crafted to match the complexity and magnitude of flavor typical of the so‑called Glut Era, when older barrels were often blended into standard bottlings, resulting in bourbons with a richness rarely found today.
REIMAGINED BY BRUCE RUSSELL
Austin Nichols Archives is the first Wild Turkey series solely led by Associate Master Blender Bruce Russell, and the first to feature only his signature on the bottle. Conceived more than a decade ago, the series is both a personal passion project and a professional milestone—created to honor his grandfather, legendary Master Distiller Jimmy Russell, and to pay tribute to the eras that defined Wild Turkey bourbon.
Drawing on the same grains, yeast, mash bill, and distillation methods used for generations, Bruce will reimagine vintage inspirations through a modern lens—without ever compromising the foundations Jimmy built.
CRAFTED TO CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF AN ERA
Gold Foil Edition is a 16‑year‑old, non‑chill filtered, 120‑proof Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, crafted from barrels primarily aged in Wild Turkey’s Camp Nelson rickhouses. The unique climate and airflow of Camp Nelson create a richness and depth essential to achieving the bold, mature profile Bruce set out to capture.
The result is a bourbon with Wild Turkey’s signature mature oak “funk,” layered with dark fruit, cherry cola, clove, dark honey, and a long, peppery finish marked by brown sugar and leather.
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