Johnnie Walker Black Label Anniversary 12 Year Old

Johnnie Walker Blue Label

In just a moment, I will have tasted all five of the core labels from Johnnie Walker: Red, Black, Green, Gold & Blue. I received this sample from Master of Malt, as part of their Drinks By The Dram program. I look forward to finally getting to taste this whisky, as it has heretofore been elusive to me (not wanting to spend nearly $200 on a...

Score 87/100

Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old

Medium to dark amber in the glass; lively nose of mixed fruit; medium body; a bolt of fine grains, light oak, banana almond, then oak char this particular tasting; somehow, this all balances out, because the master distiller knows his craft. Long warm finish of heavier grains and sweet malt. Excellent dram.

Score 85/100

Johnnie Walk Double Black

Nose: seaside notes of salt and seaweed, medicinal and iodine notes as well. The peat and smoke is quite large but isn't very powerful. Large underlying notes of malted barley and cereal. Palate: Has a very oily texture, first notes to hit my tastebuds is a massive wave of malt and honeycomb sweetness quickly followed by a oily tasting smoke,...

Score 75/100

Johnnie Walker John Walker & Sons Private Collection 2014

I recently found out that the Private Collection by Johnnie Walker has been discontinued. A couple beautiful decanters appeared in this series, albeit all of them with a hefty price tag. The series was launched in 2014 and it’s of that very first decanter that I was able to score a sample. Let’s see what all the fuss is about… Oh! A very refined...

Score 89/100