Johnnie Walker Red Label

Johnnie Walker Red Label

Johnnie Walker makes some good blends. This is the exception. It puzzles me how Black Label is so respectable while just below it on the Johnnie ladder the Red is so terrible. Must be made from the rejects from every bottle above it.

Score 10/100

Johnnie Walker Red Label

Light amber; delicate vanilla nose; light body; sparkling clean taste of a speyside malt, with clear grains giving way to the slightest oak char; solid balance, and a warm, sweet finish with apricots and pears. Much superior to my last tasting, but I've learned to appreciate a fine blend with Speyside roots.

Score 79/100

Johnnie Walker Red Label

There isn't a distinct word I can use to describe this blended whisky other than it's sweet and has a slight taste of wood and a whole lot of alcohol and metal. I can sense a faint fruity taste and a alcohol smell (perhaps super sour green apples or pears sweating caramel and vanilla drizzled with sour apple liqueur and vodka?) I cannot emphasize...

Score 60/100

Johnnie Walker Red Label

Nose: Immediate, cloying malty sort-of sweetness, aluminum cans, maybe some sweat. Taste: The taste is almost exactly like the nose, except the malty sweetness is not cloying at all and there's maybe a little less metal involved. Quite watery. Finish: Nope. Ok, so maybe I'm exaggerating when I say "Nose: Nope." but there's really barely...

Score 64/100