Beverage Testing Institute · August 2018
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Dewar's 18 Year Old 'The Vintage' Blended Scotch Whisky 750ml
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Product Description
Golden amber, Sweet mellow aroma of butterscotch, with subtle hints of almonds, marzipan and a delicate impression of vanilla for a well-balanced nose, surprisingly initially dry, giving way to a mellow soft sweetness with a lingering creamy mouth feel, full-bodied, long, lingering and slightly dry finish.
Product Specs
| Alcohol by Volume | 40.0% |
| Country of Origin | Scotland |
| UPC | 080480000127 |
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Awards & Scores
Critic reviews and blind-tasting competition results for this bottle.
What critics and judges wrote
IWSC judges · Silver · 2023
Soft tropical fruit with a rich depth of stone fruit on the nose and a palate that crescendos through a wood spiciness to finish.
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Show 7 more notes, 2016 to 2025
Pretty notes of wood spice, chocolate, leather, and tart fruits with a lingering finish.
Gentle nose of spice and orchard fruit. Palate is likewise soft, with a background of oak, layered with brown sugar sweetness.
Dense, compact nose - lots of malty grain, vanilla fudge and fresh fruit salad. It shows its quality with a well-made palate displaying sweet toffee and cream.
Luxuriant and smoky with jubilant flavours of spicy cinnamon, dried peel and juicy raisins. Appealingly dry at the finish with a gorgeous hint of delectable caramel. Lovely.
Subtle but beautifully balanced, with creamy vanilla, honeyed sweetness and touches of rich smoke and oaky spices. Plenty of talent!
Little warm on the alcohol but it makes it big and powerful. The palate is rich with fine oaky notes and an earthy edge with plenty of spices.
Huge honey notes and lots of lots of malty goodness are combined with a creamed corn note from the aged grain whisky, … but an undisputed aged note of oak spice which continues brilliantly into the finish.
Whisky Advocate · Jonny McCormick · 2018
In the mouth, grapefruit and orange dominate the vanilla, yet the mouthfeel is thinner and the acidity tips toward the taste of bitter orange seeds. A lingering bitter orange finish.
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Distiller · Ryan Conklin
Up front this whisky is a sweet talker … The palate sings a slightly different tune with early notes of malt, melodies of delicate smoke and wisps of briny sea breeze.
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World Whiskies Awards judges · Category Winner · 2026
Vanilla, citrus, orange peel, sweet yuzu and fresh grass on the nose. The palate has toasted oak, citrus with some aged tropical fruits. The finish is medium with toasted barrel notes, spice and citrus.
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Show 4 more notes, 2016 to 2026
Vanilla, citrus, orange peel, sweet yuzu and fresh grass on the nose. The palate has toasted oak, citrus with some aged tropical fruits. The finish is medium with toasted barrel notes, spice and citrus.
On the palate, it reveals delicious malted biscuit and dusty baking spices, complemented by zesty and vibrant flavors. The expression is sweet, driven by vanilla and orchard fruits, with a smooth, medium weight and crisp citrus balancing the sweetness.
Caramelised fruit, with toffee and sweet nectarines standing out. The palate is lighter than the nose would suggest, slowly ramping up to the finish. Vanilla, caramel, cream, spices, some salinity. Good balance. The aftertaste doesn't linger for too long.
Mild aromas of candied fruit on the nose. The palate is light with a malty body with a whiff of smoke through to a well balanced, orange-scented finish.
Competition medals
World Whiskies Awards
International Spirits Challenge
Show 3 earlier medals, 2013 to 2015
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Silver 2026Silver 2025Double Gold 2022
Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition
40 medals from 5 competitions, 2013 to 2026.
Tasting Notes
Flavor profile
How strongly each flavor family shows up across 17 notes from 5 publications, weighted by source.
- Herbal & greenfloral notes lower down the pecking order, heather, dry grass, fresh grass, floral noseLight
- Fruitygrapefruit and orange dominate, lime zest, bitter orange finish, bright and tart aromas of red cherries and citrus peel, fruityClear
- SweetVanilla, fondant icing, sweet talker, honey, vanilla almond cookiesClear
- Oak & maltalmond, early notes of malt, dry and oaky, malty tail, toasted oakClear
- Smokedelicate smoke, wafts of a distant peat fire, Luxuriant and smoky, touches of rich smoke, a whiff of smokeA hint
- Spicelaced with spice, spice, wood spice, dusty baking spices, gentle nose of spiceLight
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Dewar's 18 Year Old 'The Vintage' against other Scotch whiskies we carry. Closer dots taste more alike.
Closest Scotch whiskies at a similar price: The Dalmore 12 Year Old ($79.97), Glenfarclas 12 Year Old ($79.98), and Glenfiddich Our Solera 15 Year Old ($69.97).
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Flavor scores are our estimates. A flavor scores higher when more critics mention it and when they describe it more strongly, so no single review sets the result. They are not a rating from any publication.
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