Johnnie Walker Black Label: The Jane Walker Edition Diageo ABV: 40% Average Price: $38 The Whisky: Master Blender Emma Walker created this blend with Cardhu — a Speyside distillery — at its ...

So, I decided to give Black Label another try—and it was a completely different experience after Maclean’s endorsement. I learned something not just about whisky, but about myself.

Consider the first release of Black Bowmore: A 29-year‑old expression could be purchased for £80 (about $266 in today’s dollars, accounting for inflation) when it was released in 1993.

Black Art 9 was also a 29-year-old whisky, while Black Art 8 was aged for 26 years, so all of these releases are generally in that 25 to 30-year-old maturation range.