Suntory Hakushu 18 Year Old

Suntory Hakushu 10 Year Old

Hakushu distillery is located in the Southern Japanese Alps and is owned by Suntory, one of the big two Japanese single malt distillers. The distillery started operating in 1973 on the 50th anniversary of the start of construction of its sister distillery, Yamazaki. Nowadays all Hakushu single malt is produced in Hakushu Higashi, a second...

Score 82/100

Suntory Hakushu 12 Year Old 1997 Whisky Live Japan

This Hakushu was bottled especially for the 10th Anniversary of Whisky Live in Japan. The cask was selected by none other than Dave Broom, so you can be assured that it will be good, right? It is nicely sweet and mildly perfumy on the nose. All kinds of flowers, especially roses and lilies, and white fruit. A bit of vanilla that goes crescendo. On...

Score 85/100

Suntory Hakushu 12 Year Old

The Hakushu 12 is an interesting one. In some ways it’s a light, easy sipper for a casual evening in front of the TV. In other ways it’s a complex whisky that demands your full attention. Leave it to the Japanese to make sense of such contradiction. Nose: Apples, pears, honey, grass, earth, ginseng, oak, cinnamon, anise, and some subtle sherry....

Score 87/100

Suntory Hakushu NAS

Hakushu distillery is located in the Southern Japanese Alps and is owned by Suntory, one of the big two Japanese single malt distillers. The distillery started operating in 1973 on the 50th anniversary of the start of construction of its sister distillery, Yamazaki. Nowadays all Hakushu single malt is produced in Hakushu Higashi, a second...

Score 81/100