Yamazaki

“I wanted to reveal the whisky’s soul that is the art of Mizunara – a heightened sense and awakened palate, engaged through aromas and flavours never known before,” said Suntory’s chief blender, Shinji Fukuyo.

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"if you are used to the monstrous sherry, intense oak or full frontal peat of various Japanese whiskies, this is the sweetest of treats. It is a delicious mix of soft mint toffee ... Click for more info

Yamazaki Puncheon 2013 is aged in 480 litre oak Puncheon casks and gives a softer palate due to the slower ageing caused by the smaller spirit to wood ratio.

Nose: Ripe melon, dried apricot, waxy quince jelly, freshly cut barley/straw, vanillin ... Click for more info

Part of the 2013 Cask Collection that included the Sherry cask that was voted "Best Whisky in the world" by Jim Murray and the final year of the series.

Aged in Japanese Mizunara oak (indigenous to Japan) casks for a true oriental experience

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"Sweet dried fruits and chile chocolate from the sherry cask on the nose. Mature, complex tastes due to the depth of the mizunara. A distinctly spicy tannic texture. There's an excellent rum and raisin richness in the finish for a magnificently dark ... Click for more info

A scarce Japanese bottling of Yamazaki 18 year old where the label and box contain mainly Japanese text.

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Of the 5,000 bottles produced just 198 of these have been allocated to the UK marketplace. With on-line prices of a several thousand pounds (2016) being reported, and other dealers running auctions, we say you should buy a bottle of this instead which ... Click for more info

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A very rare 1984 vintage bottling of Yamazaki Japanese Single Malt. This was bottled in 2009, making this single malt a 25 year old. This was bottled to celebrate Suntory's 110th ... Click for more info

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"The nose is laden with green apple and hazelnuts. The palate is smooth and sweet (but perhaps a little too elegant) and the finish is relatively long."

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"The nose is laden with green apple and hazelnuts. The palate is smooth and sweet (but perhaps a little too elegant) and the finish is relatively long."

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A non age specification single malt from Japan's oldest and original distillery, Yamazaki. Average age here is @ 8 years with some older Sherry cask aged stock also used and aged in a combination of Red wine casks and Old Sherry casks for extra depth ... Click for more info

An old bottling of the now very much sought after 18 year old sherry cask Yamazaki

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"Sweet dried fruits and chile chocolate from the sherry cask on the nose. Mature, complex ... Click for more info

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A beautiful presentation of the award winning, ultra rare Yamazaki 25 Year Old. The case is 1 of only 100 handmade by enlightened whisky enthusiast and London-based Leather designer ... Click for more info

Suntory Yamazaki 90th anniversary sees a superb collaboration with London-based leather designer, Bill Amberg.

Just 200 Limited Edition leather bags have been released for the UK along with an award winning Yamazaki 18 Year Old.

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This Yamazaki Sherry cask is the best Whisky in the world according to Jim Murray in the 2015 edition of his Whisky Bible with a score of 97.5.

There were 18,000 bottles of this in 2013, I wonder how many are on the market now?