To celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year, Johnnie Walker has released a limited-edition Blue Label 2022 Chinese New Year - Year of the Tiger whisky.
According to 'Chinese New Year,' those born in the Year of the Tiger are "vigorous, ambitious, daring, courageous, enthusiastic, generous, self-confident with a sense of justice and a commitment to help others for the greater good."
The illustrations on the bottle and packaging are created by Chinese artist Shan Jiang who portrays the tiger with a fierce look and wings protruding from its back in intricate gold detail among the clouds soaring towards a prosperous modern metropolis.
The limited-edition Blue Label 2022 Chinese New Year - Year of the Tiger whisky has 40% AVB and a cask wood type of bourbon and sherry oak.
Lunar New Year Whiskies
Johnnie Walker Releases Limited-Edition Blue Label Lunar New Year Whisky
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