The Yamazaki Single Malt Distiller's Reserve

The Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve

The Yamazaki Single Malt Distiller's Reserve 70cl 43% vol. It is a Japanese single malt that arrived on the market in the spring of 2014. Coming from one of the distilleries that Suntory owns, Yamazaki stands out for its notes of red fruits, nuts, florals and oak. A whiskey that shows great complexity thanks to the aging in Jerez, Bordeaux and Mizurana barrels (Japanese oak).

The Suntory Yamazaki distillery

Suntory Yamazaki was the first whiskey distillery in Japan and today, it is still the best-selling single malt on the island, it is exported to more than 25 countries and in 2002 it was the ninth best-selling single malt in the world. < / p>

The whiskey of the Yamazaki distillery is handcrafted, following the traditional method, in the oldest distillery in Japan. Founded in 1923 by Shinjiro Torii, the distillery is located in Osaka Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Tennozan, in a bamboo-plated valley, where the Katsura, Uji and Kizu rivers converge, providing the purest and distillery waters soft from Japan, the same used for hundreds of years for traditional Japanese tea ceremonies.

Tasting notes and interesting information about The Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve

Country: Japan.

Region: Osaka (Taketsuru Valley).

Style: Single Malt.

Aging: Aged in barrels of Jerez, Bordeaux and Mizurana (Japanese oak).

Nose: Classic distillery notes, red fruits, nuts and floral notes of the Mizunara barrel.

Mouth: Dried red fruits stand out from the rest of the notes, giving way only to a spicy and light oak at the end.

Finish: Long end, highlighting vanilla and a spicy cinnamon.

Recommendation La Llar del Vi:

A Japanese whiskey of extreme quality and outstanding value, with soft and harmonious notes.