Suntory Yamazaki 1984 Bottled 2004

Suntory Yamazaki 18 Year Old

Nose: Heavy rich maple candy, vanilla, dates. Palette: Thinner than I've heard in reviews. Not nearly as mouth coating as the Tobermory 15. Quite thin by comparison and also quite rudimentary, even though the whisky is nearly flawless in its simplicity. Flavors of sherry saturated wood with a sense of the age of the wood coming through, vanilla,...

Score 87/100

Suntory Yamazaki 12 Year Old

I bought my bottle of Suntory Yamazaki 12yr almost a year ago and I break it out on rare occasions. Not because it's the most spectacular dram but because it's so very different that scotch and I'm not always in the mood for it. Don't get me wrong, this is some pretty impressive stuff and it make me want to try more. I don't drink it all the time...

Score 85/100

Suntory Yamazaki Puncheon

This Yamazaki Puncheon is almost legendary. Especially if you can believe the price evolution of this NAS whisky. When it was launched in 2013, the bottle cost around 125 EUR. Today you need to fork over 1,500 EUR! A puncheon is larger than an ordinary hogshead, because it’s a cask of about 480 liters. In it, this Japanese single malt was matured...

Score 84/100

Suntory Yamazaki Distiller’s Reserve

This NAS by the great Yamazaki distillery is full of jam notes but it doesn't make Yamazaki feel so great anymore. Mediocre whisky, I'll use the animation film called Flushed Away as the reference. In the movie, Rita’s boat was named the Jammy Dodger and the adventure takes place mostly at sewage. When a recognized distillery like Yamazaki...

Score 79/100