Suntory Yamazaki 10 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml)

Note: This is bottle only and not supplied with a box.

Shinjiro Torii, the founder of the Suntory company, was a pharmaceutical wholesaler importing liquor from the West before he was inspired to create a uniquely Japanese whisky. In 1923 he built the country's first malt whisky distillery (in fact, the first of its kind outside of Scotland) on a site in the Vale of Yamazaki outside Kyoto where pure water, a diverse climate and high humidity made it an ideal environment for whisky production and maturation. To complete the formula, Torii hired Masataka Taketsuru (of Nikka fame) who had studied the art of distilling in Scotland. In 1929, the company introduced Suntory Shirofuda (Japanese for white label), Japan's first genuine domestically produced whisky. Kakubin (square bottle), a premium Japanese whisky, was born in 1937. The whiskies have become more and more sophisticated over the decades, in particular the older bottlings under the Yamazaki label. This is their 'entry level' expression. It is typically peat-free and quite Speyside like.

Other reviews...light and fruity on the nose, with a suggestion of honey, this 10-year-old expression is medium-bodied, malty and mildly spiced, with a drying, increasingly nutty finish. A lovely aperitif whisky. 40.0%- www.whisky-pages.comsize>