The aroma is wonderful, light and inviting with faint hints of caramel honey, and a small reminder that it's alcoholic. The taste is superb, buttery smooth at the beginning with the distinctive scotch flavor and a warm, neutral taste that transforms into something like high-quality leather, then suddenly becomes rich scotch, grain, spicy, Japanese wood-aged whiskey, and finally a wonderful plum of alcoholic smoke that pleasantly fills you as it goes down the back of your throat and spreads across your taste buds to the sides.
Dewar's Double Double 21 Year Mizunara Oak Cask Finish
Whiskey Scotch Scotland 21 Year 46% ABV
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Dewar's Double Double 21 Year Mizunara Oak Cask Finish is a blended Scotch whisky created by master blender Stephanie Macleod using a four-stage aging process. Matured for a minimum of 21 years, the components undergo multiple aging and blending stages before a final finishing in Japanese Mizunara oak casks. This expression became available nationwide in February 2024 with a suggested retail price of $149.99.
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This 21-year blended spirit impacts the palate with the same intensity as an 8-year bourbon. It wasn't what I anticipated. It's definitely spicy, followed by a lingering sweetness. The spice dominates the flavor profile. I'd much prefer drinking a $38 bottle of Aberfeldy.
A beautiful scotch. I don't have time for detailed notes, but it's brilliant for under $100.
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