Canadian Club 12 Year Old Bottled 1990s

Canadian Club Sherry Cask

This is a nice change from the usual Canadian Club offering - due to maturation finishing in ex-sherry casks. As you can imagine, this gives it a mahogany tone (with good body), and aromas of sherry and anise. Taste shows, of course, sherry / wine / tannins, oak and a medicinal-alcohol medium finish. Pretty easy to drink, makes for a nice after...

Score 70/100

Canadian Club Classic 12 Year Old

Nose: creamy, with pronounced caramel and butterscotch. A touch of wet stone/slate. Typical Canadian, but richer and smoother than your standard fare. Taste: medium-bodied and supple on the tongue. Vanilla and caramel at first, and then some nice oak carrying with it a bit of warming spice. Finish: somewhat bitter. Balance: definitely a...

Score 72/100

Canadian Club Classic 12 Year Old

This whisky shows more obvious rye influence than I recall from previous bottles. On the nose it has that light spice, like cinnamon and cloves, but also an astringent mineral note, like wet stones. Not as much toffee and vanilla as other Canadians. It hits the mouth with pronounced bitterness. The flavour is hard and brittle like rye-heavy...

Score 72/100

Canadian Club 20 Year Old

According to Canadian Whisky guru (_see note_) Davin de Kergommeaux, "_This is exactly the same whisky as the 6-year-old mixer, but it has simply been left in the barrel for an additional 14 years._" While Davin is mad for this whisky, my own experience was a bit more lukewarm. Perhaps my palate isn't as refined as Davin's, but I'll...

Score 76/100