Johnnie Walker Black Label Bottled 1947

Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 (1980's)

This is a 35cl bottle from the late 80's, bottled for the 500th anniversary of Scotch Whisky and was an Italian import. I picked this up at auction and it came in a larger pack with an information booklet (all in Italian - Non parlo italiano) and a full size bottle. I suspect the contents may have changed over the years. I will attach an image...

Score 80/100

Johnnie Walk Double Black

Hi there again, folks, long time no see. I wrote this review a long time ago, September 2016, and it was high time I posted it here. Oh, btw: first neat, then iceball. Fad back then (check the pic.) So let's see: an oily-streaked topaz yellow pour with a rather high-intensity nose: mostly scents from an overpeated cask (yeah, I know that's the...

Score 87/100

Johnnie Walker Gold Label 18 Year Old

Well actually, a free sample of JW Blue Label whereby the finish lingered for about five miles later was the one that started my quest. Not willing to pay $200 US for Blue Label, I paid $90 US Gold Label 18 Year Old. Having pretty much hated scotch from having too many bad blends in my younger days, my first impression of this was WOW. Slightly...

Score 82/100

Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old

After a nice night with Maggie (devoted mostly playing the Lego Pirates of the Carribean video game), I decided to revisit Johnny Walker Black. I've only had it in bars (on the rocks) and until recently had never owned a bottle. A while ago I picked up a small-ish 375mL, and so, here we are. Even though it is Johnny Walker Red that is the #1...

Score 94/100