Whisky review : Crown Royal Limited Edition, bottled @ 40%

Whisky review : Crown Royal Limited Edition, bottled @ 40%

-1st Crown Royal
-Odd bottling

Nose:  creamy, spices, wood dust, hot, spirit notes, cedar sap, cardamon, nice thick nose that revolves around spices, broken raw sugar, caramel, medium bodied.

Mouth: Sweet, spicy, chili caramel, very hot spices, eucalyptus, wood. Very tingly dry on the tip of the tongue. With water added, more dry sweetness, bitter notes, sap, sweet spices, floral,

Finish: bitter notes, waves sugary wood...bitter dry. Yeah...still flat. A few more floral notes perhaps ?

B for the taste. Very nice nose but fall short on the mouth. Leaves much to be expected. Far from being the best canadian I've had. Far behind the Dark Horse but closer to the Alberta Premium, perhaps not as ''robust''. I'm not sure I'll give Crown Royal a second chance after this...
A for the price. Good price (35$) at the SAQ and the LCBO (38$). Not bad for sure, but yet again, not great. Perhaps save this 35$ and buy a 30$ bottling of Dark Horse or even the CC Sherry Cask.
C+ for presentation. Royal packaging is simply put : cheesy. Feels weird while holding....