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Johnnie Walker 18 Year
Blended — Scotland
Reviewed
December 29, 2020 (edited February 27, 2022)
N: Peach and honey - I also have other JW blends open at the moment and the peach is stronger here than most. And I like it. Salty, maritime scent after that. Then an onslaught of red fruit that lands at something like a dried raspberry idea. Toffee, sweet bread, caramel - all tinged by the red fruit and maritime element.
P: Sweet, earthy, bit of smoke (which, interestingly, I have never gotten off the nose, and this bottle is about empty). Spicy, minty, yeasty - kinda like a good dark rye bread. Malt backbone with toffee and caramel. Bit of coffee in it: beans, roast, and bitterness. Finish is fairly mild: cinnamon with some of the mint and coffee bitterness hanging on for a bit, maybe some wood tannins too. Sticks around for quite awhile, but always stays polite and quiet. Gentle finish for the price range, but it seems right for the dram.
A fine, well-executed blend that offers no compelling reason to have another bottle of. Maybe that's why JW killed it off. If you find it at a good price, enjoy one while you still can. Or don't. Really, it's okay.
75.0
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Yeah, I think I just reversed them. I definitely had the 18, not the Platinum - I know that for sure.
@BeppeCovfefe I haven’t heard any plans to kill this. They just changed the name from Platinum to the 18 year old with no other changes.
@skillerified I believe you are correct that the "platinum" JW is done. I HOPE the 18 is sticking around for a while longer at least, thanks!
@BeppeCovfefe I can't find anything about that now. This is still listed on JW's website as part of the core range. Maybe I mistook it for the old Platinum or something else. Not sure, so, nope, no authority. And I see lots of this around too.
I'm still seeing plenty of these in my area, do you have a good authority on that "killed off" note?