Released in Spring 2014, this is one of two Distiller's Reserve single malt whiskies from Suntory in Japan. This single malt from the Yamazaki distillery is jam-packed with superb red berry notes, gained from the whisky being matured in Bordeaux wine casks and Sherry casks. It also features malt matured in Mizunara casks, adding subtle fragrant oak notes.
Classic Yamazaki strawberries and dried fruits with floral notes coming from the Mizunara cask whisky. Fragrant sandalwood and maybe coconut. Certainly a whisky where you could get lost in its nose!
The dried berries remain lively on the palate (it even develops some raspberry notes along the way), but they're dialled back a bit to make room for light oak, white peach and a small amount of spice.
Vanilla lasts and lasts, with spicy but sweet cinnamon acting as a final flourish.
Top quality Japanese whisky, and excellent value too. Can't go wrong with this, really.
I can’t believe all these commenters who are fawning over this particular reserve. Are they for real? This whisky is nonsensical for its price and unworthy of all the hype that Yamazaki or singke malts have been getting. It’s so coarse it’s doesn’t seem very far removed from lab-grade alcohol. The distiller should never have released this (or do they take their customers for fools?). Disappointment.
My friend brought bottle of this from Japan in 2014-2015 and wes so good. And I haven’t tried anything better since.
Nice. I like some vanilla and this has the goods.
Stands against Glenfiddich 12 in it's similarities. I think this is nicer, but I'm not sure if that's worth the price difference.
Recommended by my friend.
