Dewar’s Double Double 21 Year Old Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish Blended Scotch Whisky

Dewar’s Double Double 21 Year Old Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish Blended Scotch Whisky is the original four-stage 21-year blend, finished in Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at 92 proof. After two decades in wood, Stephanie Macleod marries the malts and the grains separately, puts the two together for a third rest, then finishes in Oloroso — the nutty, dried-fruit sherry that gives this bottle its dark-fruit weight. 2 in Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 of 2019. Easy to keep on the bar for weeknight sipping.

Vine fruits, honeyed malt, and cocoa lead, then tropical fruit, citrus peel, and warming spice. Dried fruit, toasted nuts, caramel, and liquorice fill a smooth, spiced close. It drinks richer and nuttier than the citrus-sandalwood Mizunara, with chocolate-raspberry and gingersnap sitting in the sherry fruit.