The origins of the Johnnie Walker and Sons brands date back to 1820 when John Walker, a Scottish greengrocer from Kilmarnock, began selling whisky in his store. Although he established the brand, it was his descendants who built the business’ renown and, more specifically, the now-so iconic stocky square bottle and its label placed at a 24° angle. Since being bought by DCL (the predecessor of Diageo) in 1925, Johnnie Walker has continued to develop its range of products, all blends of malts from Scotland’s leading distilleries (Cardhu, Caol Ila, Talisker, etc.).

A blended scotch with no age statement bottled by the Scottish blending company John Walker & Sons in the mid-1970s for the Italian market, imported by Mario Rossi.Johnnie Walker Black is known in its modern form as a 12 year old blended scotch. The age statement first began to appear on labels at the turn of the 1980s. Bottle equipped with a stamped gold screw cap and Italian tax strip. Note that this may be broken due to the need to regularly tighten the cap, which comes loose with time, allowing the spirit to evaporate.