Johnnie Walker Blue Review
Blended Scotch Whisky
Johnnie Walker and Sons
Kilmarnock, Scotland
40% abv
$200.00
Appearance: Amber – it looks just like the Gold Label – I
held them side by side. Some nice legs
on the glass.
Nose: wet oak, hint of oak spice, grain, honey – the bouquet
his is light overall
Flavors: nutty, grains, a sweet honeycomb and oak, (sounding
like a breakfast cereal), every once in a while I get a mild ginger spice.
On a clean palate – on another day – the flavors were pretty
similar but the mild ginger like spice was more consistent with each sip and it
lingered on the palate for a short while. I like it better today than the other week
when I first opened the bottle.
Mouthfeel: I get a hint of warmth on the finish when I
exhale, other than that it is one super smooth Scotch. Blue might be to smooth for its-own
good. To me this leaves a void – did I
really experience anything here.
To the Point: put this Scotch in a non-descript bottle and
serve it up and I wonder what they would say about it then? I’ll bet the rating points would drop 15
points on a 100 point scale. The flavors
were nice but, very hard to detect. The
flavors were faint and the main focus was the mouthfeel – SMOOTH.
Personally, the Gold was better (on this day) in the side by
side comparison that I did here. Flavor
wise The MACALLAN 10 year old held up to these two. Now, the MACALLAN was not silky smooth or
buttery smooth and the MACALLAN had some warmth to the mouthfeel that the other
two did not really have. So, I say the
bang for the bucks would be MACALLAN 10.
I expect greater complexity and well defined flavors from
Johnny Blue at $200 a bottle. The Blues
nose was sooo light that it just takes away from the experience.
What I thought about this bottle was that it is over hyped
and over rated. But, to me I will put
this bottle on my all-time list of products that did not live up to the hype
and the price tag.
For $200.00 a bottle all I can say is that you will be in
for a silky smooth experience and a super light bodied Scotch.
The Cigar Pairing
Casa Magna Domus Magnus Cigar
After sampling the three Scotches it was time to light up a fine cigar.
Johnnie Walker Blue Label
A few puffs of the cigar and a sip of the Scotch: the Scotch
is over powered by this medium bodied cigar.
One puff of the cigar and the Scotch flavor is wiped out.
Johnnie Walker Gold Label
A few puffs of the cigar and a sip of the Scotch: a hint of
honey, the vanilla-oak stood out, and I think the cigar added a little body to
this Scotch. On the next puff of the
cigar I had a little Scotch still on the aftertaste (Little).
The MACALLAN 10 Years Old
A few puffs of the cigar and a sip of the Scotch: a little
bit of the sweet sherry comes through.
On the next puff of the cigar there was a slight mingling of the
notes.
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