Dewar's Double Double 21 Year

Very disappointed!

I have always avoided scotch aged in sherry casks, until now. The hype brought me to order a bottle (half bottle) for $70 Canadian. This is a quality dram from the first taste. The aging process used by Dewars exquisitely blends the ingredients to perfection. It doesn't have the sickenly sweet taste of the majority of sherry aged whiskey's I have tried. This is a true masterpiece, especially for the price. This is far better than any blended scotch I have ever enjoyed. For me, it's too expensive for daily consumption. But I will keep this for special occasions with special friends.

Amazing aroma. Smells like an old Sherry, cherry, vanilla, sweet. Pallet falls a bit flat and that’s where the peat comes in.

The tasting note is pretty accurate, very rich body, deserish fragrance. Maybe a tad sweeter than macallan double cask 12. Fairly easily appreciable dram, think for 21 years this is a bargain, would keep a bottle always.

Maybe because I come from a bourbon world where anything with a little age on it shoots up in price and you can’t find it anywhere but this little 1/2 of a fifth Dewar’s 21-year-old is a steal at $50. And while many just see Dewar’s as the bottom-shelf scotch, I was pleasantly surprised at this dram. Nose: dessert scents like cinnamon, toffee and cherries, also hints of citrus and wood Taste: more dessert (bourbon lovers would appreciate this) including caramel, nutmeg, vanilla, dusty corn and musty barley at the end Finish: medium but one-dimensional Approachable way to explore an older scotch. Interested to try their 27-year of this same line.