Johnnie Walker Directors Blend 2010

Johnnie Walker Blenders' Batch Rum Cask Finish

Several experiments have already been launched in the Blender’s Batch, such as a Bourbon & Rye, a Wine Cask Blend, a Sherry Cask Finish. But this Rum Cask Finish is another of those. Mind you: it is bottled in a 50cl bottle and a one-off experiment. The blend was composed with whisky from the Lowlands and Speyside and was finished in casks...

Score 79/100

Johnnie Walker Green Label 15 Year Old

I've heard tell the nose on this one is full. Wrong. It's not, but it's quite pleasant: Koffee klatch, dark chocolate, oaky goodness, smoking peat curling round an elf's little chimney somewhere deep in the primeval forests of Avalon. The mouth feel is abundant for a blended single malt. None of the malts in your glass of JW Green seem to be...

Score 87/100

Johnnie Walker Blue Label

See my review of JW Gold for context. I purchased a JW set containing JW Red, Black, Gold, and Blue. Already a fan of JW Black, I was looking forward to sampling the other expressions. Nose: very simple - honey, wood, malt, and spice. Palate: initially, a luscious, silky mouth feel; sweet and spicy with honey, cinnamon, clove, and oak. Somewhat...

Score 75/100

Johnnie Walker Odyssey

In 2013 the luxury yacht from Johnnie Walker – the Voyager – sailed around the world to promote this Odyssey. This release was composed by Master Blender Jim Beveridge with just 3 malts in an attempt to evocate the aromas and sensations of an era long ago. It is based on a recipe by Sir Alexander Walker, grandson of the founder Johnnie, who came...

Score 88/100