Wild Turkey Distilling Co. brand Russell’s Reserve has launched Single Rickhouse 2026 – Camp Nelson D, the fifth release in its Single Rickhouse Collection. Master Distiller Eddie Russell picked the barrels for the barrel-proof bourbon, which went on sale on October 6, 2026, in select US markets and at the Wild Turkey Distillery Visitor Center in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.
The collection looks at whiskey “terroir.” It tests how a rickhouse’s location and conditions shape a whiskey when the recipe stays the same. According to the brand, the 2026 edition offers the collection’s “most distinctive profile yet,” with “unexpected rye-like spice” in a bourbon.
Built in 1946, Camp Nelson D is one of five historic rickhouses still standing on the Camp Nelson property. The warehouse sits on the western side of the site, apart from the other warehouses. It also stands higher than any rickhouse used in the collection so far.
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Its exposed, west-facing position brings strong, steady airflow. The brand calls this an aging environment “not previously explored through the Collection.”
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Russell has a personal link to the building. “Camp Nelson D was the first rickhouse I ever worked in at Camp Nelson when I started as a union employee 45 years ago, so coming back to it for this release meant a lot to me,” said Eddie Russell, master distiller at Russell’s Reserve.
“We set out looking for those sweeter notes we know and love, but the rye spice notes immediately stood out,” he added. “It’s the most different Single Rickhouse release we’ve created, proving how every rickhouse can shape whiskey.”
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READ THE STORYThe team chose barrels from floors one, three, four, five and six. No earlier Single Rickhouse release drew from as many floors.
“We don’t typically draw from the first floor,” Russell explained. “But some of the barrels we tasted down there contributed an earthy character that helped build the spicy, rye-like profile we found ourselves chasing.”
“Once we realized what was developing, we leaned into it,” he continued. “This is the first Single Rickhouse release where, tasted blind, you’d bet it was a rye.”
In the official notes from the brand, the nose shows baked fruit, apple, baking spices and vanilla. The palate brings cinnamon, clove, stone fruit and rye bread. A medium-length finish offers rye spice, pepper, cinnamon and spicy oak.
The distillery did not chill filter the whiskey and bottled it at a barrel proof of 120.8.
Last year’s edition came in stronger. Bottled non-chill filtered and at a barrel proof of 128 (64% ABV), Russell’s Reserve Single Rickhouse Camp Nelson E remains the highest-proof Russell’s Reserve release to date.
Each warehouse in the series has a different setting. Camp Nelson Rickhouse E is located closer to the Kentucky River than the other rickhouses on the Camp Nelson campus. The 2024 release came from Camp Nelson B, known for its sun-drenched heights .
The inaugural release in the collection, Russell’s Reserve Single Rickhouse from Camp Nelson C, was bottled from a small batch of just 72 barrels. Camp Nelson F followed as the second entry in the series.
The new bottling marks Eddie Russell’s 45th year at Wild Turkey Distilling Co. The brand says it supports his belief that the aging environment strongly shapes the final spirit.
Single Rickhouse 2026 – Camp Nelson D is available for a limited time. It has a suggested retail price of $300 (£227 / ₹28,900) per 750ml bottle. That matches last year’s price: Camp Nelson E launched at U.S. retailers for a suggested retail price of $300 per 750 mL bottle.
