Japanese "Yamazaki" (whiskey) - elegant and versatile Single M alt

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

He doesn't like whiskey who hasn't tasted it and doesn't understand it. Refined and complex at the same time, rich, with rich combinations of flavors and aromas - the gentlemen's drink creates a warm and lively mood, warms and pampers the soul, indulges the body. This heavenly nectar for the aesthete and gourmet was appreciated by admirers of harmonious beauty - the Japanese.

Japan's first distillery - Yamazaki

In 1923, based on the knowledge gained in the distilleries and the University of Scotland, the wine company, which would later be called "Suntory", creates the first production of m alt "living water" in Japan. The distillery was opened on the outskirts of the ancient capital of the Land of the Rising Sun - Kyoto, in a picturesque corner of nature near the town of Yamazaki (Yamazaki), while the whiskey was named after the place of its birth.

Fine and picturesque production location:

• stretched in bamboo forests, a foggy hilly confluence of three rivers with the purest softRikyu spring water;
• cool, humid, mild and windy all year round, perfect for aging a great drink.

Accurately adopting the ancient Scottish traditions and basics of production, adding to them Japanese attention to detail, the use of innovative technologies and adherence to national principles, the blenders of the Suntory brand brought notes of Japanese culture and aesthetics to the drink.

The whiskey produced at the distillery near Yamazaki lacks heavy and harsh notes. It has a lighter, more delicate, finer, deeper and more complex taste, with just a hint of a peaty and smoky flavor. And the main advantages are the harmony and balance of the drink.

Whiskey from the brand Yamazaki (Yamazaki)

The drink acquires shades of taste and aroma when aged in barrels of five types:

• White American oak, new and bourbon that adds sweetness, vanilla biscuit, pear flavors.
• Two types of Spanish oak sherry casks, making the final color darker and thicker, and the taste slightly bittersweet: in one cask, the infused drink acquires the aroma of a creamy pie, and in the other, a fragrance of dried fruits, almonds combined with chocolate.
• Wine oak barrels that add a touch of cinnamon to the smell of berries and fruits.
• Exclusive Japanese Mizunara Oak casks for post-aging, infusing the blend with hints of sandalwood, caramel, spices and dried fruit, leaving a long aftertaste.

Japanese whiskey "Yamazaki" belongs to the category of Single M alt - single m alt drinks from one distillery, composed of different types of m alt from several barrels with different aging periods. There are about a dozen components in the blend, which makes the drink multifaceted and distinguishes it from simpler blends from other manufacturers. M alt from mizunara barrels is added to the final product in a minimal amount, but drastically changes the entire flavor.

Merit of "Yamazaki"

This brand of whiskey is distinguished by:

• The highest class drink.
• Aged in barrels - 8, 10, 12, 18, 25, 40 and 50 years.
• 43% strength
• Pair with almost any dish.
• Practically all types of drinks are multiple winners of world competitions for the best whiskey.
• Quality imported Scottish m alt is used as raw material.

Assortment

1. Yamazaki (unaged whiskey) is Suntory's strategic product to appeal to the young consumer for the richness of single m alt flavors. It is a blend of spirits from wine barrels and mizunara oak, has a warm taste, aromas of red berries, strawberries, peaches, spices and woody notes.
2. Yamazaki 10-year-old whiskey combines the characteristic notes of an American and Japanese oak aged drink, with a combination of warm and sweet vanilla and fruity-nutty tones with light floral-woody undertones.
3. Blend"Yamazaki" - whiskey with an exposure of 12 years - consists of three types of drink, which were aged in barrels of American, Japanese and Spanish oak from sherry and ten types of m alt. Warm and sweetish-creamy smell of honey berries, peach, citrus and pineapple, mature taste, not too tart, with characteristic woody notes and hints of spices - vanilla, ginger and cloves. Suntory's most popular Single M alt.
4. Aged 18 years of Yamazaki whiskey, including cherry barrels, enveloping and warm, with a deep and ripe bouquet of autumn-winter fruits and tart blackberries and strawberries, with the addition of milk chocolate, coffee and subtle hint of Japanese oak.
5. For connoisseurs of sophisticated and multi-layered aged drinks, Yamazaki is produced - a 25-year-old whiskey that has a soft and deep taste acquired in sherry casks, consisting of combinations of winter aromas - coffee and cocoa, walnuts and almonds, dried fruits and marmalade, as well as bright notes of woody aromas of Japanese oak.