Suntory Yamazaki 10 Year Old

Suntory Yamazaki 10 Year Old

If the rising sun on the packaging or the slightly industrial bottle (reminiscent of a school chemistry lab) has you expecting an inferior malt, think again. The complexity of the oriental dram rivals those of the Celtic nations, and the youngest expression of Suntory's Yamazaki single malt promises much for the distillery's full range. It pours...

Score 78/100

Yamazaki Sherry Cask bottled 2013

Nose: Now this is a sherry bomb that really lets itself go. Lots of bitter coffee overlaying prunes, drizzled with little nibs of fig. More espresso. Chocolate liqueur with a maraschino cherry. Decadent and heavily sherried, showing a surprising amount of the heavy and dark elements at what I think is fairly young. Palate: Initially sweet sherry,...

Score 89/100

Suntory Yamazaki 12 Year Old

Got this at Wholefoods for $42, which was the cheapest i could find. Nose of sherry and dry Oak, honey, vanilla, candied oranges. Loads of Spiced wood on the palate some toffee. Finish is about med with sweet oaky finish. I'd say it was a very good whisky for $42. its a good introduction to japanese whisky. Its not top of the notch but a very...

Score 83/100

Yamazaki Sherry Cask bottled 2013

Nose: Starts Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. Then some serious coffee notes and dark chocolate come in. I have one word for you : PRUNES! , fruit compot with lots of prunes giving it that dark, sweet deep aroma. It reminds me of my Grandmother's fruit ‘Kompot’ (a desserts made from boiling all sorts of dried fruit : Prunes,Sultanas, raisins with lots of...

Score 90/100