A fine blended malt that contains whisky from some of Diageo's top distilleries such as Talisker, Caol Ila, Glen Elgin, Cragganmore, Linkwood and Dalwhinnie. The Johnnie Walker Pure Malt was launched in 1997 as the blended malt edition of this portfolio. It was officially rebranded as the Green Label having already been released with one, to bring it into line with the rest of the range in 2004. This is the earlier version.