A friend of mine's significant other is absolutely obsessed with Crown Royal. The type of obsessed where she has multiples of extremely rare, 4 figure bottles in her home. ( I never knew "rare" Crown Royal existed ). Admittedly, I've only had the standard Crown Royal. You know... the type that you'd have to pick if you were at a seedy dive bar in the wrong part of town trying to weigh your three whisky options: Crown, Jack and Jameson. Yuck. But I suppose it would be unfair for me to discount Crown Royal's entire catalogue just from tasting their cheapest swill. Or by the fact that they make flavored whisky ( gross. ). Sorry that makes me sound a bit of a douche snob. On to the tasting.... The nose is light, sweet and quite nutty. Like walnut Baklava. Actually I could go for some deliciously sweet Baklava right now... There's almost a rich maltiness about it similar to a good ale. Walnuts mix with honey in an almost cloying nose that's saved by a bit of spicy sweet cinnamon that rides in with just a hint of tart granny smith apples. The taste is decidedly very light. Vanilla dominates with sweet cream but there lies a bit of a floral fruitiness. Green apple, bananas and orange blossom. Back half of taste spices things up a bit and also brings in some dryness, cinnamon spice with leather. The finish is a bit one dimensional but it's rather long lasting for a Canadian whiskey. Spice lingers with a tannic bite. This is fine. Certainly better than the standard poverty grade Crown Royal but I'd hardly be convinced to give another Crown selection or really even another Canadian whisky a go. To anyone that is more experienced in this segment: what Canadian whisky do you think would actually make me a convert?