Blended
Scotland
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Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve is a multi-award-winning blend (lots of gold medals, appropriately) created by master blender Jim Beveridge to celebrate nearly 200 years of the art of blending. The Gold Label Reserve was relaunched in 2012 as a replacement for the popular Gold Label 18 and is made from whiskies across Speyside, Islay, the Highlands, and Lowlands.
It’s built around a core of single malt whisky from Clynelish, but also features spirit from the likes of Cardhu, Blair Athol, and grain whisky from Cameronbridge, all chosen for their sweet, honeyed qualities. It’s delicious neat but also mixes well, like in serves such as the bespoke Gold & Apple created especially for this blend (recipe below). Although we think for the best effect, you should drink it while singing Spandau Ballet’s classic ‘Gold’. That’s what we do.
Gold & Apple cocktail recipe
Prep time: Five minutes
Servings: Makes one serving
Ingredients:
40ml Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve
75ml apple juice
75ml soda water
An apple slice and/or a sprig of rosemary to garnish
Method:
Fill a Highball glass with ice then add 40ml Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve. Pour 75ml apple juice and then 75ml soda water on top, then garnish with an apple slice and/or a sprig of rosemary.
Honey and heather with thick caramel notes and a subtle nutmeg spice. Dried meadow flowers and a hint of fresh banana.
Smooth and succulent with a honeyed sweetness that's typical of Johnnie Walker. There's more to this though, the floral elements are quite prominent and there's a spiced sweet vanilla note too.
Long, sweet and toffee-like.
A typically easy drinking blend from Johnnie Walker, this will not disappoint fans of the style.
Had my first Gold 18, 7 years ago. Became my favorite instantly. Was sad when they discontinued it, but just gave the Gold Reserve my first try this week. I had one glass, cried, and gave the bottle to my brother in law who will drink anything. BRING BACK GOLD 18!!!
Spend the extra 15 and get the real thing, this is no replacement for the proper Gold Label (https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/johnnie-walker-gold-label-18-year-old-whisky/?srh=1) This completely lacks the wonderful smoothness of Gold, is not sweet despite supposedly having toffee/honey /caramel attributes, and the taste is lacking any real depth. As a massive fan of Johnnie Walker this is a real let down - usually I buy every Johnnie Walker I try, or that I can find and afford (if you can afford it, Blue is simply out of this world) - but after trying this I'll only be buying them once tasted, as I wouldn't want to be stuck with a bottle of this. The now discontinued Green Label was better than this, and was the same price (now its lucky to find a bottle under £100), and Double Black has way more to it for less money (ok, its not smooth, but then its not meant to be).
A fantastic product from the Johnnie Walker range . A must for your collection .
Bought a Liter bottle (totally gold bottle) in Mumbai, India Duty Free. It is fantastic. Drink it on the rocks after letting it rest for 10 minutes or so and enjoy. I think it is just as good as Blue.
I'm not all that impressed with this offering. I much prefer Black Label. This has too much alcohol on the palate and lacks the rich flavor of JW Black.
