Suntory Hakushu 18 Years Japan Single Malt Whisky 43.0% Vol. - the multi award-winning Japan Single Malt by Suntory Hakushu!
A rare bottling of the 18 year old Suntory Hakushu Japan Single Malt Whisky in the old equipment, still imported by Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd. This multi-award winning Hakushu Japan Single Malt Whisky is made from only the finest and most original ingredients, which are transformed into a wonderfully harmonious single malt during the artful distillation process.
The Hakushu distillery is a flagship of Japanese whisky art, is undoubtedly one of the highest in the world and is located about 120 km west of Tokyo amidst the forests of Kaikomagatake Mountain in the Southern Japanese Alps and was once the largest malt distillery in the world. Here, 24 stills can produce up to 26 million litres annually. The distillery was founded in 1973 and expanded in 1981 with another production building with 12 pot stills. Today, only one of the still houses is still in operation, but they have remained true to the principle of diversity. Nowhere else is there a comparable range of shapes and sizes of pot stills. For Hakushu's bottlings, imported malt from Scotland and Ireland is used. The special climate, the lush forests, the water - whose clarity and purity is only achieved by filtering rain and meltwater through millennia-old granite rock - all influence the special malt whiskies produced here. Hakushu is the third distillery in the Suntory-Bowmore group, alongside the famous Yamazaki and Hibiki distilleries, and produces a highly regarded single malt whisky worldwide. Thus, the excellent work of the Yamazaki distillery was honoured in 2014 with a knighthood by the world-renowned whisky expert Jim Murray: for the first time, a renowned British expert awarded the prize for the world's best whisky to Japan.
The 18-year-old Hakushu Japan Single Malt Whisky is the distillery's oldest standard bottling, a sweet single malt whisky with distinct oak notes as well as noticeable smoke, and it has won several awards for its excellent quality and unique taste.
- ISC GOLD 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014
- SWSC DOUBLE GOLD 2015, 2016
- IWSC GOLD(BEST IN CLASS) 2007, 2010
- IWSC TROPHY 2010
- Nose: ripe pear, dried mint, oregano, hint of smoke
- Palate: jasmine, mango, quince, menthol
- Finish: long, pleasantly smoked, hint of bitterness
- Colour: deep gold
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Japan
- Age: 18 Years
- Cask Wood Type: Oak Cask
- Alcohol ABV% 43.0
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / chill filtered
- Packaging original boxed (box with traces)
- Producer/Importer: Morrison Bowmore Distillers LTD, Glasgow G21 1EQ, Schottland
- Country of Origin: Japan
- limited, number unknown
Please examine this product before purchase, as not new from the supplier. Due to the various ages of bottles and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer s discretion and no claim can be lodged against failure/leakage in transit.
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