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About This Whisky
A 1998 Yamazaki from Spanish oak sherry butt #CU70062, bottled in 2011 at 61% under Suntory's The Single Cask label for the JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan department store.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Orange peel, dried fruit and dark chocolate, with warm spice and polished oak behind.
- Palate: Rich and round, with raisin, cocoa and malt, then firm oak spice.
- Finish: Long and warming, sherry sweetness drying slowly into oak.
Serving & Food
Serve at room temperature in a small tulip glass, neat to begin with, then with a few drops of cool water. It goes well with kakuni (braised pork belly) or orange dark chocolate.
Good to Know
Who was it for? JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan, as a store exclusive.
How old is it? About thirteen years in a Spanish oak butt.
Product Details
| Producer | Yamazaki (Suntory) |
| Country | Japan |
| Cask | Spanish oak sherry butt |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| ABV | 61% |
| Size | 700mL |
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About the Distillery
Shinjiro Torii built Yamazaki in 1923, and Suntory, founded by him in 1899, still owns it. It matures spirit in American oak, Spanish oak sherry butts, wine casks and Japanese mizunara.