Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye
Editor Rating
- Rated 4 stars
- Excellent
- Manitoba
- Reviewed by: Tod Stewart
- Published on: March 24, 2016
- Last modified: July 21, 2016
Review Summary:
Recently rated the 2016 World Whisky of the Year by Jim Murray in his annual Whisky Bible. This will no doubt stir the hornet’s nest a bit. I mean, a $30 Canadian number concocted by a commercial distillery? Best in the world? But holy crap, will this put Canada back on the distilling map! There was basically just blood on the shelves when I went to buy my (couple) bottles. It comes in the same dorky bottle that we as kids used to pinch from our parent’s liquor cabs (no purple bag though, rats!). The nose is distinctly fruity, with hints of candy apple, fruitcake, baking spice (cinnamon, to be exact), vanilla, tangerine and fennel. Crisp, spicy, snappy and pure. A really nice dram. And, at the price, it’s a knockout. World’s best? Well, you decide!