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Johnnie Walker Excelsior 1947-1997 - 50 Year Old

LOT ID: 0623-510

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End Date : Aug 09 2023 08:00 PM

Quick Links: 40-46%, Blended Whisky, 1990s, 40-50 Year Old, 750ml, 50-60 Year Old, Johnnie Walker,

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LOT DESCRIPTION

Johnnie Walker Excelsior 1947 - 1997. 50 year old. 75cl. 43%. In presentation box. Weight approx 1.65kg.

One of the rarest Johnnie Walker special editions, Excelsior was bottled in 1997 for the Asian duty free / travel retail market - making it one of the most difficult JW special editions to find in this part of the world. Johnnie Walker Excelsior was a true prestige bottling, including whiskies distilled half a century earlier in 1947, and it also has the distinction of being one of the earliest JW whiskies to utilise double maturation, with the assemblage having been re-racked into port casks before bottling.

CONDITION

Good.

Distilled Year: 1947

Bottling Year: 1997

Age: 50

Limited Edition: yes

Category: Blended Whisky

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 75cl / 750ml

ABV: 43%

The 15-year-old John Walker took over a Kilmarnock grocery store in 1820, and built his business as a delicatessen and tea blender. John’s son Alexander switched to whisky wholesaling in the 1850s, rapidly expanding the business. By 1908 the famous slanting label, square-sided bottles and the iconic Striding Man logo were all in place and the legendary tagline ‘Born in 1820 - Still Going Strong’ soon propelled Johnnie Walker to international prominence.

John Walker & Co. merged into Distillers Company Limited (DCL) in the 1920s as the biggest Scotch whisky blender, and remains DCL successor Diageo’s most important whisky brand. Since the 1980s the classic Red Label and Black Label have been joined by various new Johnnie Walker whiskies, including Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Green Label and Gold Label and the prestige edition Johnnie Walker King George V.

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	BID	DATE	TIME
Last Bids	£525.00	9th August 2023	19:45

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