Johnnie Walker Black Label

Old Highland Whisky hadn’t been tasted by me for years. In 1867, two years after its introduction, Alexander Walker–the son of the enterprise’s founder and teetotaler John Walker, and the man who began the production of whisky–started to sell it with a slanted label that became another characterizing feature of these alcohol beverages. By chance, I received a 0.5-liter bottle of this aqua vitae.

Johnnie Walker Black Label has a dark brown with turned on flashlight color. I unscrewed a cork and poured it into a glass. The first sniff was matured that made to believe the whisky is older than 12 years, but I knew it was vacuumed conditions of the drink. I sensed berries, and especially cherry. Later was the scent of colorant, which originally wasn’t logically.

The palate was pinching hard that lead to the affection taste that I love from strong aqua vitae. Sadly, it included the colorant in some time later. Holding the liquid longer causes the getting of sizzling effect that directs to the adorable harshness, which is might. Despite the colorant, but the taste returns to Old Highland Whisky.

Bringing the air to the drink makes the colorant to disappear in sniffing and aroma, as I expected. Sound of wheat will come sniffing then whilst aroma discloses the presence of caramel.

The aftertaste can be with heaviness, but I adore. It makes a peculiar relaxation. I had all three glasses with cashew and pistachio, which are snacks that identically match to Johnnie Walker Black Label.