Johnnie Walker 18 Years Platinum label
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Vanilla:
Malt:
Orange:
Zitrus:
Banana:
Caramel:
Cherry:
Heather:
Nuts:
Peach:
Pear:
Sherry:
Spices:
Herbs:
Tasting
Sweet:
Malt:
Nuts:
Oil:
Vanilla:
Fruit:
Wheat:
Almonds:
Dried Fruit:
Sherry:
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Oak:
Orange:
Zitrus:
Heather:
Herbs:
Apple:
Bonfire Smoke:
Coffee:
Grape:
Green Apple:
Honey:
Seaweed:
Maritime Notes:
Herb:
Finish
Nuts:
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Oil:
Herb:
Almonds:
Chili:
Malt:
Mint:
Oak:
Spices:
Herbs:
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Quality rating of this bottle
3.8
Rate
38
6
Quality comparison of bottles
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Tasting notes of andrewjemmott:
05. Oct 2016
All tasting notes
05. May 2015
Nosing:
Speyside style, smoke, vanilla, sweet oranges, caramel, malt, clementines
Taste:
Dried fruits, oakiness, grain
Finish:
Medium
Speyside style, smoke, vanilla, sweet oranges, caramel, malt, clementines
Taste:
Dried fruits, oakiness, grain
Finish:
Medium
05. May 2015
Nosing:
Full-bodied and intense. Fruity with a slightly smoky note
Taste:
Dried fruit, grain malty, creamy vanilla with almond and mandarin
Full-bodied and intense. Fruity with a slightly smoky note
Taste:
Dried fruit, grain malty, creamy vanilla with almond and mandarin
15. Mar 2016
Nosing:
Taste: smoke:
Finish:
Comment:
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Taste: smoke:
Finish:
Comment:
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18. Jun 2016
Nosing:
Taste:
Finish:
Comment: smooth, light tasty smoke very sweet:
Taste:
Finish:
Comment: smooth, light tasty smoke very sweet:
24. Mar 2015
With the Green label disappearing quickly and Gold Label downgraded to being marketed as a "pour from your freezer" dram, this may well be the new gem of the line-up.
Nicely balanced nose showing lots of Highland and Speyside character - peat smoke seems to be dialed back more and more with every new JW bottling. Platinum also shows the musty, wooly suggestions of old age as we know them from the Blue Label.
My favorite part, though, is the palate: big arrival, rich, oily, sweet and malty, possibly now the fullest of the JW line. It's probably a lot of oak tannin and syrup, but it works.
I was slightly offended to see the Gold Label 18 be re-branded, but the Platinum 18 is definitely a different blend. The price development must be seen as a sign of the times, I guess.
Nicely balanced nose showing lots of Highland and Speyside character - peat smoke seems to be dialed back more and more with every new JW bottling. Platinum also shows the musty, wooly suggestions of old age as we know them from the Blue Label.
My favorite part, though, is the palate: big arrival, rich, oily, sweet and malty, possibly now the fullest of the JW line. It's probably a lot of oak tannin and syrup, but it works.
I was slightly offended to see the Gold Label 18 be re-branded, but the Platinum 18 is definitely a different blend. The price development must be seen as a sign of the times, I guess.
11. Jan 2016
04. Feb 2019
Nosing: 
Taste:
Finish: Fairly short/medium
Comment: Very smooth texture
Taste:
Finish: Fairly short/medium
Comment: Very smooth texture
05. Oct 2016
14. Jan 2015
14. Jan 2017
