Idag presenterade Diageo nyheten att de släpper en 50-årig utgåva av Johnnie Walker. ’The John Walker Master´s Edition’ är en kombination av sex exceptionellt ovanliga, enligt Diageo, whisky som alla har lagrats i minst 5o år vardera.
Det är första gången Johnnie Walker-serien får en 50-årig medlem och det släpps enbart 100 flaskor.
Johnnie Walkers Global Brand Director John Williams sa i pressmeddelandet att:
“Fifty year old whiskies are very rare. Whiskies of this age have incredible character but it takes great skill to reveal their flavour and then balance them so people can appreciate the end result. That’s where our Master Blender Jim Beveridge – one of only six in the history of Johnnie Walker – and his small team of exceptional whisky-makers come into their own as masters of their craft.”
Whiskyn som ingår i denna buteljering kommer från några av de äldsta faten som Diageo har till förfogande från de nedlagda destillerierna Glen Albyn och Glenury Royal. De har också använt ålderstigen whisky från Blair Athol. Grainwhiskyn i denna blend kommer från destillerierna Caledonian, Cambus och Port Dundas.
Johnnie Walkers Master Blender Jim Beveridge sade:
“Each drop of this whisky has been hand-selected from some of the most valuable and precious casks of malt and grain whiskies to be found in our reserves. About 20 years ago, Johnnie Walker blenders recognised that these individual whiskies were very special and the decision was made to put them aside for special use, allowing each of them to continue to mature in their casks, knowing that, in time, something even more remarkable would emerge. Our goal was to pay tribute to the whisky masters who worked with these whiskies such a long time ago and, with the creation of The Masters’ Edition, I believe we’ve done that.”
Hundar flaskor släpps globalt och de kostar $25,000 styck.
