by gillmang » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:40 pm
Emerald, as you know, at least until recently, EC 18 was in some cases 20-23 years old. This was judged by barreling date and year of purchase (bottling date not given but you could infer, that is). So wouldn't the two essentially come from the same stocks? The EW 23 of course is a little older, and higher proof, but to get a fairly similar experience, it seems to me one could buy the much less costly EC 18.
Gary
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