Russell's Reserve Camp Nelson D Bourbon

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$549.95

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✔ Documented provenance on every bottle
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Age: NAS (Over 10 Years) | Region: Kentucky | Proof:

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120.8

Proof

60.4%

ABV

Floors drawn

1946

Rickhouse built

5th

Series release

750mL

Format

Camp Nelson D, the first rickhouse Master Distiller Eddie Russell worked in on Wild Turkey's Camp Nelson property after joining the company in 1981, supplies the 2026 bottling of Russell's Reserve Single Rickhouse. Announced on October 6, 2026, as the collection's fifth release, it is a Kentucky straight bourbon of 120.8 barrel proof (60.4% ABV), not chill filtered, batched from barrels on five floors of the building: the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth.

Nº 01

The Elemental Distinction

Five floors. No earlier Single Rickhouse release drew on so many floors: this one used five, against one or two for each of the four before it, starting with floors three and four for the 2022 Camp Nelson C release that started the series.

A floor the series usually skips. Eddie Russell says the collection does not typically draw from a rickhouse's first floor; here some ground-floor barrels brought an earthy note that, by his account, fed the bottle's rye-like spice.

High and exposed. Camp Nelson D occupies the property's west side and sits higher than any other rickhouse the series has used through 2026; facing west, with nothing to shelter it, it takes a constant flow of air.

Bottled at barrel proof. Russell's Reserve bottled the whiskey at its barrel proof of 120.8, or 60.4% ABV, and left chill filtration out.

One recipe, another building. The collection keeps the recipe the same and changes the rickhouse with each release; for 2026 that rickhouse is Camp Nelson D.

Nº 02

Camp Nelson D

Standing since 1946

Camp Nelson D went up in 1946, and five historic rickhouses, this one among them, remain on the Camp Nelson grounds. Eddie Russell knows the building from the start of his career: it was the first rickhouse he worked in on the property, as a union employee, and he went back to it for the 2026 release. Russell's team sampled barrels around the building with him and settled on five of its floors.

Nº 03

Construction & Identification

What the bottle records

Front label

Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Non-Chill Filtered and Barrel Proof, above the Russell's Reserve and Single Rickhouse names.

Lower panel

Camp Nelson D · Limited Release 2026

Rickhouse Collection, Matured on Floors 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6, and the signatures of Jimmy and Eddie Russell over Master Distillers.

Strength & size

120.8 proof · 60.4% alc./vol.

750 mL, printed on the same panel.

Nº 04

Sensory Profile & Strategy

Distiller notes & position

Sensory Profile

Russell's Reserve's tasting note for Camp Nelson D starts with baked fruit and apple over baking spice and vanilla, moves to clove, cinnamon, rye bread and stone fruit on the palate, and ends at medium length on pepper, rye spice, spicy oak and cinnamon. Eddie Russell says the team went looking for familiar sweeter notes and found the rye spice standing out first.

Strategic Position

On proof it sits between its two predecessors, 120.2 for Camp Nelson B in 2024 and 128 for the fifth-floor Camp Nelson E bottling of 2025, so what sets Camp Nelson D apart is its selection: five floors, where each earlier release used one or two. Its published tasting note leans on rye, with rye bread on the palate and rye spice in the finish, though the recipe is the collection's constant one.

Nº 05

Collector Note & Index

Vault provenance

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Announced

October 6, 2026, from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, for sale at select US retailers and the Wild Turkey Distillery Visitor Center.

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Series

The fifth Single Rickhouse release, after Camp Nelson C (2022), F (2023), B (2024) and E (2025), each drawn from a different Camp Nelson rickhouse.

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Eddie Russell's 45th anniversary

Russell marked 45 years with Wild Turkey Distilling Co. in 2026, the year of this release; he started in 1981 with summer work at the Lawrenceburg distillery.

Collector IndexMW VAULT

Series: Single Rickhouse · 2026
Release: Fifth
Rickhouse: Camp Nelson D · 1946
Floors: 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6
Proof: 120.8
Format: 750 mL

Camp Nelson C and Camp Nelson E, the series' 2022 and 2025 releases, sit beside this bottle on Midnight Whiskey's American bourbon shelves.

Nº 06

Technical Specifications

Specification	Detail
Whiskey	Russell's Reserve Single Rickhouse Camp Nelson D, 2026
Class	Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Proof	120.8
ABV	60.4%
Rickhouse	Camp Nelson D · built 1946; one of five remaining at Camp Nelson
Floors	One, three, four, five and six
Bottling	Barrel proof
Filtration	Non-chill filtered
Series	Single Rickhouse Collection, fifth release
Released	October 6, 2026
Producer	Wild Turkey Distilling Co., Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Region	Kentucky
Format	750 mL

Nº 07

Records & Assurance

Production Methodology

Russell's Reserve keeps one recipe across the Single Rickhouse Collection, its single bourbon mash bill of corn, rye and malted barley, and turns to a different rickhouse for each release. The 2026 barrels came from floors one, three, four, five and six of Camp Nelson D, ground-floor casks included for the earthy note they brought, after Eddie Russell's team had tasted their way through the building. No chill filtration was used, and the batch kept its barrel proof of 120.8 in the bottle.

Authentication & Vault Preservation

Every bottle sold through Midnight Whiskey is sourced as an authentic, sealed product and inspected before it ships. Orders are packed with padded, glass-rated handling and require an adult signature (21+) on delivery; we do not ship to anyone unable to verify legal drinking age. For our full sourcing and handling protocols, see our editorial and authentication standards.

Frequently Asked Questions

What proof is the 2026 Russell's Reserve Single Rickhouse?

The 2026 Russell's Reserve Single Rickhouse release, Camp Nelson D, is 120.8 barrel proof, or 60.4% ABV. It was not chill filtered, and its barrels came off floors one, three, four, five and six of Camp Nelson D, a 1946 Wild Turkey rickhouse.

Is Russell's Reserve Camp Nelson D a single barrel bourbon?

No. Russell's Reserve combined barrels from five floors of one rickhouse, Camp Nelson D (the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth), into one batch for Single Rickhouse Camp Nelson D. The single in Single Rickhouse refers to the building, not to a barrel.

How is Camp Nelson D different from Camp Nelson E?

The 2025 Single Rickhouse release from Russell's Reserve, Camp Nelson E, drew only on the fifth floor of a shaded rickhouse near the Kentucky River and came in at 128 proof. Camp Nelson D, the 2026 release, draws on five floors of a rickhouse on the property's exposed west side and is bottled at 120.8 proof. Neither was chill filtered, and each went into the bottle at its barrel proof.

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The Elemental Distinction

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