Johnnie Walker - Black Label 12 Jahre - Blended Scotch Whisky - 40%

Falstaff 12/14-02/15: *Einer der klassischen Blend Whiskys mit hohem Imagefaktor. Ausgezeichnete Balance, Grain und Malt Whiskys sind perfekt abgestimmt. Fruchtigkeit, zarte Rauchtöne und im Abgang mit eleganter Malzigkeit. (93/100)*
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Falstaff Bar- & Spiritsguide 2017 - 90pts: *Eine deutliche Torfnote, dazu Kaffee und geröstete Gerste ergeben kräftige Duftnoten. Am Gaumen eine maskuline Struktur, die von feiner Hintergrundsüße unterstützt wird. Gut komponiert mit rauchigem Finale.* 11/2016

Jim Murray´s Whisky Bible 2019 – 95,5 pts: *Nose 23.5 pretty sharp grain: hard and buffeting the nose; a buffer of yielding smoke, apple pie and delicate spice cushions the encounter; taste 24.5 if there is a silkier delivery on the market today, I have not seen it: this is sublime stuff with the grains singing the sweetest hymns as they go down, tanking with them a near perfection of weighty smoke lightened by brilliantly balanced barley which leans towards both soft apple and crème broulee; finish 23.5 those reassuringly rigid grains re-emerge and with them the most juicy Speysidey malts imaginable; the lovely sheen to the finish underlines the good age of the whiskies used; balance and overall complexity 24 here its is: one of the world´s most masterful whiskies back in all its complex glory. A bottle like this is like being visited by an old lover. It just warms the heart and excites.*
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Jim Murray´s Whisky Bible 2021 – 95.5 pts: *Nose 23.5, taste 24.5, finish 23.5, balance and overall complexity 24. Here it is: one of the wold´s most masterful whiskies back in all its complex glory. A bottle like this is like being visited by an old lover. It just warms the heart and excites.