Suntory 18 Years Yamazaki

This Single Malt Whisky matured in three different oak casks: American, Spanish and Japanese. This makes the Whisky from the Suntory owned distillery exceptional. The Valley of Yamazaki on the mountainside of Tennozan is located on the island Honshu and is the birthplace of Japanese Whisky, since 1923.

This Single Malt Whisky matured in three different oak casks: American, Spanish and Japanese. This makes the Whisky from the Suntory owned distillery exceptional. The Valley of Yamazaki on the mountainside of Tennozan is located on the island Honshu and is the birthplace of Japanese Whisky, since 1923.

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1699
Yamazaki
Japan
Single Malt Whisky
18 Years
43%
0.7 l
Original bottling
Chill filtration - With Artifical colouring - With
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
Calculated from 26 Tasting Notes
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Nosing
Fruit:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Dried Fruit:
Dried Fruit:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Grape:
Grape:
Oak:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Oak:
Cherry:
Cherry:
Sherry:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Honey:
Berries:
Raisin:
Chocolate:
Peach:
Honey:
Berries:
Peach:
Chocolate:
Raisin:
Herb:
Pepper:
Spices:
Pear:
Malt:
Fig:
Alcohol:
Herb:
Leather:
Peat Smoke:
Alcohol:
Fig:
Pear:
Pepper:
Zitrus:
Nuts:
Malt:
Leather:
Spices:
Nuts:
Zitrus:
Tasting
Oak:
Oak:
Spices:
Spices:
Fruit:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Nuts:
Herb:
Herb:
Oil:
Peach:
Malt:
Dark Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Oil:
Peach:
Malt:
Vanilla:
Chocolate:
Nuts:
Orange:
Leather:
Pepper:
Zitrus:
Chili:
Zitrus:
Pepper:
Orange:
Leather:
Peat Smoke:
Vanilla:
Chili:
Chocolate:
Peat Smoke:
Date:
Floral:
Maritime Notes:
Cherry:
Plum:
Fig:
Salt:
Coffee:
Herbs:
Alcohol:
Maritime Notes:
Dried Fruit:
Dried Fruit:
Honey:
Fig:
Alcohol:
Cherry:
Coffee:
Herbs:
Salt:
Plum:
Floral:
Date:
Honey:
Finish
Fruit:
Fruit:
Oak:
Oak:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Spices:
Spices:
Peat Smoke:
Sherry:
Dark Chocolate:
Peat Smoke:
Herb:
Alcohol:
Herb:
Cherry:
Alcohol:
Raisin:
Dark Chocolate:
Nuts:
Cherry:
Raisin:
Pepper:
Plum:
Oil:
Nutmeg:
Pear:
Coffee:
Peach:
Fig:
Cinnamon:
Dried Fruit:
Fig:
Plum:
Pepper:
Cinnamon:
Pear:
Nutmeg:
Berries:
Berries:
Oil:
Dried Fruit:
Caramel:
Nuts:
Peach:
Sherry:
Coffee:
Caramel:

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Nosing: Früchte Pfirsich Beeren Süße Honig Karamell Eiche

Taste: Früchte Pfirsich Eiche Dunkle Schokolade

Finish: Dunkle Schokolade Pflaume

Comment: Complex, very elegant. Not too overpowering, and quite smooth. An outstanding Japanese whisky, but personally I would prefer the Yamazaki 12Y.