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Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye
Canadian — Manitoba, Canada
Reviewed
October 28, 2015 (edited December 21, 2015)
Three stars, but a glowing three stars--a better whisky than three stars would indicate. Very fruity (lots of apple), rye spice, clove, baking spice, warm rye bread. Light in flavour (lighter than 45% ABV would suggest). Lots of caramels and vanillas. Recognizably Crown Royal in profile (a bit of a dusty, almost sawdust-y character, and a bourbon-lite sort of character), but something nice and something different. Closest parallel flavour-wise might be a mix of Sazerac and a high-rye Canadian whisky. For the price, it's real nice.
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I wrote this review before Jim Murray named this the supposed "whisky of the year"; I stand by my assessment. I have no love for Murray, and I think he's way off-base, but that shouldn't change the fact that this is a) fantastic for the price, particularly in Canada, and b) a real marked improvement for Canadian whisky as a substyle of the spirit.