Dewar's White Label

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 9 by Michael Jackson and Paul Pacult.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose New leather upholstery. Polished oak. Beeswax. Hint of pine. Palate Firm body. Fresh, crisp, toast. Very spicy. Ginger-dusted melon. Finish Vanilla. Oak. Slightly piney again. Resiny Comment Decisive, cleansing and refreshing. A civilised apéritif before oysters Rockefeller and a New York strip steak.

Paul Pacult Nose Sickly sweet, meek, and a bit too metallic and old holding tank-like to my liking: mildly heathery. The few scents pass by so fleetingly it's difficult to pin them down. Generally nondescript. Palate Flavours of sweet malt, sweet corn greet the taste buds at palate entry. The mid-palate stage, in a fit of overcompensation, displays lumpily sweet tastes of sugary grain. Finish The sweet-o-rama continues in the overblown, medium long aftertaste. Comment Answers the question: why single malts?