Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel

alc./vol:
48%

Proof:
96°

Vintage:
Non-vintage

Aged:
No age statement

Product of: Product of Japan Japan

Yamazaki single malt whisky aged in 180 litre ex-bourbon barrels stored in Japan's warm humid Yamazaki and Oumi regions.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 29/09/2012

Appearance

(Bottled 2011, released October 2012) Clear, mid golden.

Aroma

Coconut and buttered toast with light toffee apple, white chocolate, cinnamon and faint cigarette ash. Subtle candied and tropical fruit notes emerge with water.

Taste

Brawny cinnamon oak with toasted coconut, green apple, caramel and candied fruit.

Aftertaste

Long, pleasantly spicy cracked red pepper corns, paprika and cream-of-soda vanilla.

Further product information

Closure: Screw / Stelvin cap

More about Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel

Produced by Suntory Yamazaki Distillery

Yamazaki, Japan’s first malt whisky distillery was completed in 1924 and the malts it produces have become one of the most honoured single malt whiskies in the world.

Owned by Beam Suntory

Click to see other products by Beam Suntory

UK distribution by Edrington-Beam Suntory

UK trade PR by Voice PR

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