With the 2013 release having been named World Whisky of the Year in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2015, this is a hugely anticipated release of Sherried Japanese whisky. Just 5,000 of these sought-after bottles will be available worldwide.
This bottle was part of a private collection
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Our original allocation of this was split between a 3cl dram lottery [4 bottles' worth], a bottle lottery [1 bottle] and an auction (where everything over RRP went to charity) [1 bottle]. Why all the fuss? Read more on our blog.
Raisin, sun-dried tomato, clove, cocoa.
Deep, rich, sweet and sour, chocolate with hazelnuts.
Long, bittersweet, sour.
Deep richness, mellowness and complexity of flavours.
This is the only honest way of getting to taste this. What other ways do retailers have of getting this to us drinkers. If you don’t like it, you have very little choice. Either ignore the hype and sit it out. Wait to see if a bottle arrives on an auction site and put the hammer price in the pocket of the auction site or that of someone looking to make a quick profit. There are plenty of other £200 bottles that may be better. The hype around this is only based on the 2013 bottle and the unusual hype and increasing price of Japan Whisky anyway. I for one want to taste it, purely because I want to see the difference between the bottles I can afford/buy and those that are supposed to the best in the world. I cant afford a bottle but ill certainly be on the look out for a 3cl sample. Good luck to everyone.
AUCTION PRICE IS NOT RETAIL MARKET PRICE!!!! The market price from a retailer is £200. Not a penny more! When will you people learn the difference??? Or perhaps you don't fully understand what they are proposing? An auction is when people all bid for something. If the auction price starts at £200, then guess what? People will have to pay more!!! And lastly THIS IS NOT AN AUCTION SITE!!! Its a respected online retailer that has been entrusted by multiple brands to adhere to the RETAIL price. Do you understand yet...
"As for the auction this is a joke. @MoM if you want to donate to charity do it from your own pocket. Don't force it upon your customers." They're not forcing anybody to donate to charity. The customer pays market price for the whisky. MoM give the excess to charity so they're not accused of profiteering. If you don't like it, go and buy your bottle off another online auction so that you're donating to a private individual instead - that's obviously preferable, right?
To the Gordan Gekko wannaby below. The Market rate is £200, this is not an auction site! And Yamazaki do care about this kind of thing! Any respected retailer has an obligation to adhere to the set retail price. Retailers that don't stand to risk not getting future allocation. THAT is the real world. Thats also why in Japan 100% that was retailed was by way of auction! Nice try at sounding clever though !
Eh, the price Yamazaki set does matter! That's why the set it and trust respected retailers to adhere to them. That's why 100% of retail sales in Japan were by way of lottery. Failure to stick to them usually results in future allocation being suspended. THAT is how the real world works. Not you're Gordan Gekko fantasy. But nice try!
