<P> When the brand's owners, Diageo, announced its decision in 2009 to close all operations in the town of Kilmarnock, it met with backlash from local people, local politics and then First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond . Despite petitions, public campaigns and a large - scale march around Kilmarnock, Diageo continued to forge ahead with the closure . The Johnnie Walker plant in Kilmarnock closed its doors in March 2012 . </P> <P> For most of its history Johnnie Walker only offered a few blends . Since the turn of the century, there has been a spate of special and limited bottlings . </P> <Ul> <Li> Red Label: A non age stated blend . It has been the best selling Scotch whisky in the world since 1945 . Its primary use now is for making mixed drinks . </Li> <Li> Black Label: Aged at least 12 years, it is one of the world's best - selling premium Scotch whiskies . </Li> <Li> Double Black Label: Made available for general release in 2011 after a successful launch in travel retail . The whisky was created taking Black Label as a blueprint, adding more peaty malt whiskies to it and maturing it in heavily charred old oak casks . </Li> <Li> Green Label: First introduced in 1997 as Johnnie Walker Pure Malt 15 Year Old, it was renamed Johnnie Walker Green Label in 2004 . Green Label is a blended malt whisky, meaning it is made by mixing single malts with no grain whisky added . All whiskies used are a minimum of 15 years old . Diageo discontinued Green Label globally in 2012 (except for Taiwan, where demand for blended malts is very strong), as part of a reconstruction of the range that saw the introduction of Gold Label Reserve and Platinum Label . The brand was reintroduced in 2016 and is again globally available . </Li> <Li> Gold Label: A blend of over 15 single malts, it was derived from Alexander Walker II's blending notes for a whisky to commemorate Johnnie Walker's centenary . Originally, Gold Label was bottled at 18 years and labelled "The Centenary blend". In 2013, Gold Label was replaced by a no age statement blend, labelled "Gold Label Reserve". </Li> <Li> Aged 18 Years: Originally introduced as Platinum Label, it was introduced to replace the original Gold Label in the Asian market, and sold alongside Gold Label Reserve . Though still available around the globe, the Platinum Label name was discontinued in mid-2017 and replaced by Johnnie Walker Aged 18 Years . The two are identical except for the label . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Red Label: A non age stated blend . It has been the best selling Scotch whisky in the world since 1945 . Its primary use now is for making mixed drinks . </Li>

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