Canadian Club Canadian Club Classic 12 NV 750ml

The bouquet features deep notes of butterscotch, nougat, almond paste and light vanilla. The palate entry offers succulent flavors of almond paste, candy and oaky vanilla; the midpalate is woody, caramel-like, with hints of dried yellow fruit, white pepper and spice. Finishes balanced, sweet and oaky.

Nose is much more integrated than the others; caramel and light honey tones with an oaky vein. After four CCs that were sequentially innocent, clumsy, eager, and balanced, this one is confident: well-rounded, sweet but not goopy, oaked but not prickly. Well-named: this is a classic Canadian.

Deep auburn/henna color, almost chestnut; unblemished clarity. Entry highlights luscious flavors of dark caramel, candied cereal, cinnamon bun, almond paste, brown sugar; midpalate features much of the entry virtues plus a deepening of the oak resin and breakfast cereal that lasts long into the chewy, buttery finish. A beauty of Canadian whisky-making.