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Woodford Reserve has partnered with Los Angeles-based chocolatier Compartés to make a limited-edition chocolate and whiskey collection. The new release calls back to whiskey’s origins as a digestif, meant to be sipped after a meal and paired with something sweet—in this case, combining them. The collection arrives just in time for everyone’s favorite chocolate-indulgent holiday, Valentine’s Day.

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Woodford Reserve master distiller Elizabeth McCall teamed up with Compartés chocolatier Jonathan Grahm to create the collection, which pairs with the whiskey maker’s Double Oaked Bourbon. This whiskey goes through a second maturation in heavily toasted, lightly charred barrels to lend additional soft, sweet oaky characteristics.

McCall hails Grahm as “a genuine virtuoso and artist”, applauding his capacity to harmonize flavors that perfectly sync with each other. “The tasting nuances of wood, spice, and floral elements present in the chocolates are an ideal match with the flavors in Woodford Reserve Double Oaked,” she articulates.

The collection includes four truffles, each of which highlights unique aspects of Woodford Reserve’s Double Oaked whiskey.

In the set, the butterscotch chocolate enhances the sweet aromatic tones of the whiskey. The flavors of butterscotch and roasted coffee are accentuated, giving the chocolate a sense similar to chocolate-draped espresso beans.

The pear nutmeg piece emphasizes the bourbon’s fruit, floral, and spice flavors, illuminating clear cedar, pepper spice, and dark raisin traits.

The oak-smoked salt caramel square contains smoked salt which blends with the wood, spice, and sweet aromatic tastes of Double Oaked to create a salivating effect and deliver notes of herbal tea and tobacco, accompanied by a dry cocoa finish.

Lastly, the maple pecan chocolate complements the whiskey’s grain, wood, and sweet aromatic profile, emphasizing brown sugar, pecan, and maple tones.

“The flavors in bourbon are so complementary to the flavors in chocolate, so partnering with Woodford Reserve was a perfect match,” said Grahm. “ I don’t think there’s another bourbon and chocolate pairing that is truly as perfect and in sync as Double Oaked and the chocolate truffles we’ve created.”

The limited-edition includes a 750ml of Woodford Reserve Double Oaked and a four-piece chocolate box.