🥃🥃 Tasting Notes
Appearance:
Rich golden amber with deep copper highlights, displaying impressive concentration after an extraordinary 45 years of maturation.
Aroma:
Elegant and deeply mature, opening with warm pear, baking spices, and rich toffee. Seasoned oak develops underneath the fruit alongside caramel, dried fruit, vanilla, and a subtle touch of leather, creating an aroma that immediately reflects the whisky’s remarkable age.
Palate:
Rich, mature, and remarkably expressive:
Poached pear provides a soft and elegant fruit character
Toffee contributes deep caramelized sweetness
Espresso crema introduces darker roasted complexity
Praline adds a luxurious combination of nuts and sweetness
Dried fruit contributes additional concentration
Wine-like fruit notes bring unexpected brightness
Caramel adds richness and texture
Baking spices provide warmth through the mid-palate
Toasted oak reflects more than four decades of maturation
Gentle leather and mature wood add complexity
Nutty sweetness balances the older oak character
100 Proof provides impressive concentration and structure
Remarkable fruit remains present despite the whisky’s extraordinary age
Finish:
Long, smooth, and exceptionally mature, with lingering toffee, pear, praline, baking spice, toasted oak, and creamy sweetness. The fruit gradually gives way to warming spice and beautifully seasoned wood, creating an elegant finish worthy of a whisky matured for nearly half a century.
With its 45-year age statement, 1977 barreling date, powerful 100 Proof presentation, and position as Issue No. 5 and the final expression of the original Canadian Club Chronicles series, Canadian Club 45 Year Old “The Icon” represents an extraordinary chapter in Canadian whisky history.
For collectors of Canadian Club, ultra-aged whisky, discontinued releases, and the Chronicles series, The Icon is a remarkable opportunity to own a whisky matured for nearly half a century and created as the culmination of one of Canadian Club’s most ambitious collections.
Description
Canadian Club Chronicles 45 Year Old Canadian Whisky (750mL) — Issue No. 5 “The Icon” | Final Chronicles Release | 1977 Vintage
Experience an extraordinary piece of Canadian whisky history with Canadian Club Chronicles 45 Year Old “The Icon,” the fifth and final expression in Canadian Club’s prestigious original Chronicles series. Batched and barreled in 1977 and matured for an incredible 45 years, this exceptionally rare release represents the culmination of a collection created to celebrate the remarkable history and cultural influence of Canadian Club.
Appropriately named “The Icon,” this final chapter pays tribute to Canadian Club’s more than 160-year legacy and its place in whisky history. The brand has lived through generations of changing tastes, Prohibition, and the rise of Canadian whisky around the world, making this 45-year-old expression a fitting conclusion to the acclaimed Chronicles collection.
Despite its extraordinary age, Canadian Club 45 Year maintains an impressive balance between mature oak and fruit. Warm pear, baking spice, and toffee lead into deeper notes of espresso, wine, poached pear, praline, and seasoned wood. Rather than bottling this historic whisky at a delicate proof, Canadian Club presents it at a substantial 50% ABV (100 Proof), providing exceptional concentration and structure.
For collectors, the combination of a 45-year age statement, 1977 distillation era, 100 Proof bottling, and status as the final release of the Chronicles series makes The Icon one of the most significant age-stated Canadian Club releases.
🥃 Product Details
Type: Canadian Whisky
Producer: Canadian Club
Collection: Canadian Club Chronicles
Expression: Issue No. 5 – The Icon
Country: Canada
Bottle Size: 750mL
Age: 45 Years
Batched & Barreled: 1977
Release Year: 2022
ABV: 50%
Proof: 100 Proof
Series Position: Fifth & Final Expression in the Original Chronicles Series
Style: Exceptionally Mature, Rich, Fruity & Oak-Driven
Character: Pear, Toffee, Baking Spice, Espresso, Praline, Dried Fruit & Toasted Oak
🍽️ How to Enjoy
A Canadian whisky matured for 45 years deserves a slow and deliberate tasting experience:
- Sip neat from a Glencairn or tulip-shaped whisky glass
- Allow 15–20 minutes for the whisky to develop in the glass
- Experience it neat first before adding any water
- Add only a few drops of water to explore additional fruit and sweetness
- Avoid excessive ice, which can suppress the nuances created through 45 years of maturation
- Pair with roasted almonds, walnuts, or praline
- Excellent alongside dark chocolate or espresso-based desserts
- Pair with dried apricots, figs, or poached pear
- Enjoy alongside a carefully selected aged cheese
- Ideal as an after-dinner contemplative whisky
- An exceptional bottle for milestone birthdays and anniversaries
- Display alongside the other Canadian Club Chronicles releases for a remarkable collector set
⭐ Why You’ll Love It
- Extraordinary 45-year age statement
- Batched and barreled in 1977
- Bottled at an impressive 100 Proof
- Fifth release in the Canadian Club Chronicles collection
- Final expression of the original Chronicles series
- Appropriately nicknamed “The Icon”
- Represents more than four decades of patient maturation
- Remarkably fruit-forward character despite its extreme age
- Warm pear and poached fruit provide elegant sweetness
- Toffee and praline add rich confectionary depth
- Espresso brings darker roasted complexity
- Baking spices balance the mature oak
- Exceptional collector appeal
- One of the oldest age-stated Canadian Club releases
- Outstanding bottle for collectors of rare Canadian whisky
- A fitting centerpiece for a complete Canadian Club Chronicles collection
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