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Whisky Review: Crown Royal Noble Collection Wine Barrel Finished

We review Crown Royal Noble Collection Wine Barrel Finished, a Crown Royal release partially aged in Cabernet Sauvignon casks from Paso Robles, California.

OVERALL RATING

6
$45.00
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Tasting Notes

About:

The mash bill is presumably the same combination of the 50 different whiskies used to make Crown Royal’s traditional blend. Aged for six months in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels from the Paso Robles region of California. The price varies between $45 and $60 per bottle.
Appearance:
Light amber, honey colored. The legs are slow-moving and sticky like water drops sliding down a window on a rainy day.
Nose:
When I first opened my sample-size bottle, the scent was very astringent and almost unbearably boozey. There’s definitely a lot going on here; it’s an interesting combination of minty mouthwash and butterscotch with dark fruit sprinkled on top. A day or two after I opened the bottle, the smell mellowed out a little.
Palate:
This whisky tastes better than it smells. Dried fruit and butterscotch coat my tastebuds, and it finishes off with a grainy, oaky flavor that isn’t necessarily great but definitely isn’t bad. I feel like there’s so much going on that I don’t have time to stop and enjoy the dried blueberry or the butterscotch sweetness because the next flavor comes so quickly. I want the flavors to slow down, give me a little time to ponder and then we can move on.
Finish:
Comments:
If someone were to ask me, “did you like this whisky?” my response would be, “meh,” with a shoulder shrug. I didn’t love it; I certainly didn’t hate it, but I’m still left feeling unsatisfied.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Shauna McKnight

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