Dewar's Portuguese Smooth Port Cask Finish

Dewar’s Portuguese Smooth Port Cask Finish is a blended Scotch whisky aged for 8 years and finished in Port casks, presenting notes of apricots, honeydew melon, and red cherries drizzled with heather honey and enveloped in rich, creamy notes of vanilla from the Portuguese Port cask finish.

Dewar’s double-ageing approach applies the Port cask finishing programme to the established 8-year Scotch blend, adding the characteristic sweet fruit and warmth of Portuguese Port wine maturation. The Portuguese Port cask brings the specifically warm, fruity, and slightly floral character of the Douro Valley’s fortified wine production to the Dewar’s Speyside-influenced blend. Browse the full Scotch whisky collection at Wooden Cork.

Tasting Notes

• Character: Apricots, honeydew melon, and red cherries drizzled with heather honey and enveloped in rich, creamy vanilla from the 8-year-aged Port cask finished Dewar’s character

Specs

• Brand: Dewar’s (Bacardi / Dewar & Sons)
• Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
• Age Statement: 8 Years
• Finish: Portuguese Port casks
• ABV: 40%

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the Portuguese Port Cask differ from the Caribbean Smooth Rum Cask?

Both are Dewar’s 8-year-aged finished variants. The Caribbean Smooth uses ex-rum casks for tropical fruit, molasses, and banana sweetness. The Portuguese Smooth uses Port casks for apricot, cherry, honeydew melon, and heather honey character — a distinctly different fruit-forward and floral result from the Portuguese Douro Valley fortified wine. Order online with fast shipping.