Suntory Hakushu 12 Year Old

Suntory Hakushu 20 Year Old 1989 TWE 10th Anniversary

The color of this sherry matured Hakushu is really dark. Almost like coffee! The sherry butt was put to sleep in 1989 and bottled 20 years later for the 10th anniversary of Sukhinder Singh’s shop The Whisky Exchange. The nose is… wow! What a sherry bomb! Deep, deep sherry with raisins on syrup, espresso, dades, balsamico, sugared mandarins,...

Score 92/100

Suntory Hakushu 18 Year Old

Not unlike most whisky drinking enthusiasts I also have a soft spot for Japanese single malts. For no other reason than that a non-traditional country is showing giants how the good stuff is made. Their maturation techniques and unique weather conditions have created some of my most memorable moments of whisky sipping. Hakushu (pronounce...

Score 93/100

Suntory Hakushu Distiller's Reserve

At the same time as the release of the Yamazaki Distiller’s Reserve, Suntory also launched their Hakusu Distiller’s Reserve. This one is mildly peaty and according to insiders is composed of both young and not so young malt (some say it even contains some of their 18 Year Old). The nose is surprisingly light and soft. Even a bit perfumy. Vanilla,...

Score 82/100

Suntory Hakushu 10 Year Old

Hakushu is relatively young distillery, founded in 1973. It was not bottled as single malt until 1984. This 10 Year Old is the entry level malt of this distillery, whose name means ‘white sandbank’, after the white mud left by Ojira and Jingu rivers, from which the distillery takes its water. The nose is sweet and fruity on vanilla and white...

Score 80/100