A premium 18 year old blend from Johnnie Walker, Gold Label is a fruity, rich whisky with the Highland malt Clynelish at its heart. Jim Murray awarded it with 96 points.
A fine blend, a tribute to Sir Alexander Walker, John Walker’s grandson. It includes extra rare casks from now silent distilleries and it is aged at 21 years.
The 100% natural ingredients, the crystal clear spring water from the Cardnach spring that lies in the hills above the distillery, the well controlled quantity of peat used in malting the barley in order to overbalance not the taste of the final product, and the restricted proportion of Sherry casks so as to not dominate the taste of the whisky, are merely three of the main characteristics of Knockando’s fine drams. Along with the gentle, slow maturation in oak casks, the final result is a terrific subtle, fruity single malt Speysider.