Jose-Massu-Espinel
Old Parr 18 Year
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed
October 17, 2021 (edited April 10, 2022)
It is very possible that you haven't even heard of one of Diageo's most selling products in South America, the Grand Old Parr. Its production goes mostly to Colombia, where then is delivered to Ecuador, Panama, Perú and Venezuela. It is almost impossible to find elsewhere, but don't worry you are not missing anything memorable.
Old Parr is Chivas Regal real competition in this south american countries, and they have now released an 18yo expression.
Bottled at 40%abv, golden color.
On the nose, it is very sweet and creamy. Pastry cream, fondant and Vainilla. Almonds, Candied almonds and oranges.
After a first sip the aroma changed into this vanilla ice cream, rum and raisins ice cream and there is a slightly stinky note that i can only describe as fish.
On the palate, it is not very complex, and it is fairly enjoyable. Vanilla ice cream, prunes, pepper and salt. Dulce de leche.
Aftertaste follows the sweet path. Hard toffee, caramel and some saltiness.
Overall, this is quite inferior to its competitors in South America, which are Johnnie Walker 18, Chivas 18 and Buchanan's 18. It is not a bad whisky, but a very "normal" one for an 18yo. My score for it is 84/100.
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Bottles of this just appeared through one of our specialist grey-market importers. It's priced much the same as in your neck of the woods - comparable to JW 18 and Buchanan's 18. Worth trying, do you think?
@cascode here in Ecuador, Old Parr is like orange juice. it is everywhere, but it is not very good though.
Grand Old Parr used to be huge in Australia back last century, but it has disappeared from the local market completely and now can only be found through importers. It has a very "old style" blended profile for me - very soft and textured but a but weak.