JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE LABEL GHOST AND RARE EDITION set of 5 bottles 75CL

JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE LABEL GHOST AND RARE 

Johnnie Walker Ghost and Rare reviews describe the series as an elegant, smooth, and complex blend focused on high-quality whiskies from now-closed distilleries ("ghost" whiskies), which results in a richer, more nuanced flavor profile than standard Blue Label. Reviews highlight notes of fruit (apples, bananas, apricots), caramel, vanilla, and spice, with some versions featuring a gentle salinity or a lack of heavy peat smoke, though some older, rarer versions like Brora might have a subtle Islay character. The series is considered a premium, artful blend, ideal for special occasions and appreciated for its depth and balance, with some reviewers considering it superior to the standard Blue Label. 

Common tasting notes

Nose: Apple, pear, figs, vanilla, caramel, fresh flowers, and hints of dried fruit, such as apricots or pineapple.

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JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE LABEL

GHOST & RARE COLLECTION

This collection brings together five limited-edition Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost & Rare expressions, each built around whisky from a historic distillery that has closed — giving the collection a strong connection to Scotland's whisky heritage. Johnnie Walker describes the concept as a way of “reawakening” some of its rarest whiskies. �

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Port Ellen

43.8% ABV · 70cl

Focused on the legendary Islay distillery Port Ellen, which closed in 1983. The whisky combines smoky character with citrus, sweet fruit and gentle spice, with notes of apple, pear, vanilla, wax and a long, ashy finish. �

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Brora

46% ABV · 70cl

Centered around Brora, the famous Highland distillery closed in 1983 and renowned for its smoky, peppery whisky. This edition is lightly peated, with distinctive notes of pineapple, hazelnut and dark chocolate. �

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Port Dundas

43.8% ABV · 70cl

Dedicated to Port Dundas, the renowned Glasgow grain distillery that closed in 2010. Its characteristic creamy, woody and sweet profile is complemented by vanilla, oak, dried fruit and soft smoke. �

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Glenury Royal

43.8% ABV · 70cl

Centered on Glenury Royal, a closed Highland distillery. This expression balances the distillery's fruity sweetness — particularly apple and apricot — with dark fruits, bitter chocolate, nuts, creamy toffee and butterscotch. �

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Pittyvaich

43.8% ABV · 70cl

The collection's Pittyvaich edition focuses on the Speyside ghost distillery, which closed in 1993 after only 19 years of operation. It is a sweeter, fruitier expression, with apple, autumn berries, cinnamon, vanilla and crystallised ginger leading into the finish. �

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THE COLLECTION

PORT ELLEN • BRORA • PORT DUNDAS • GLENURY ROYAL • PITTYVAICH

Five bottles.

Five lost distilleries.

Five different expressions of Blue Label.

What makes this collection particularly interesting is that you're not simply collecting different Blue Label designs — you're collecting the stories and character of five historic distilleries that disappeared from Scotland's whisky map.

That gives the set a very different character from your Lunar New Year collection: Lunar New Year is about design, culture and chronology; Ghost & Rare is about whisky history, rarity and lost distilleries.