A light peat combined with moist forest floor, bamboo, grass, but more warm than bitter and a pinch of anise and tarragon. Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

The core range includes Distiller’s Reserve, the Hakushu 12 year old, Hakushu 18 year old, and Hakushu 25 year old. Crafted by Suntory at their Hakushu Distillery, nestled deep in Mount Kaikomagatake, in the stunning Akaishi Mountains.

This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. This Japanese 12 year old whisky is just superb, everything about it is perfectly balanced from the very first nosing, typical Japanese know how from start to finish. The Yamazaki Distiller’s Reserve is an introductory whisky to the range, shows the impeccable skill of Suntory master blender Shinji Fukuyo. It's an exceptionally fresh whisky with gentle herbal notes, fresh herbs, green apple and a long fresh finish. Palate All the notes on the nose swim effortlessly through the palate, the mint developing sweeter notes as it goes on.

The colour is golden caramel, and it sits neatly on its own or over ice (I'm not a fan of whisky discs or cubes).

Kaikomagatake, Hakushu Whisky is the delicious and gently smoky single malt whisky with herbal notes that is the revelation of Japanese single malts. Suntory is a leading Japanese whisky producer that has built up a loyal following all over the globe and a number of their releases are only available on a strict allocation basis. Hakushu is one of the highest distilleries in the world located deep in the forests of Japan's Southern Alps. The Hakushu Distillery is one of the highest distilleries in the world, standing at 2,300 feet above sea level – more than twice the altitude of Scotland’s highest distillery. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

Japan's first whisky company was started by Shinjiro Torii in 1899 and to date, over 100 years later, Suntory are the leading producer of Japanese whisky, with Yamazaki and Hakushu malt distilleries and Chita grain distillery in. As it glides across the palate, a gentle sweetness emerges, accompanied by vibrant fruity tones and the subtle presence of oak. The Hakushu 18 YO Peated Single Malt is comprised of meticulously selected malt whiskies all aged for a minimum of 18 years in various casks, created in honour of House of Suntory’s centenary. The General Wine Company sources wines from all over the world, but with a particular focus on small, independent producers.

Created by the dream for a new type of whisky of Keizo Saji, the second master blender, the unique taste made in distinct four seasons in high altitude is praised by the most curious whisky connoisseurs and lovers of gastronomy.

Suntory's founder Shinjiro Torii began building Japan's first whisky distillery on the outskirts of Kyoto in 1923 to produce Yamazaki. The subtle peat smoke lingers in the background and really enhances all the mostly fruity notes that dominate. From Suntorys mountain forest distillery, nestled deep in Mt Kaikomagatake, Hakushu whisky is the fresh and gently smoky single malt whisky with herbal notes that is the revelation of Japanese Single Malts.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The Hakushu 18 Single Malt is made up of carefully selected malt whiskies all aged for a minimum of 18 years in various casks, created in honor of Suntory Whisky's centenary. First launched in 2006 and from the lesser known of the two Suntory owned distilleries (the other the mighty Yamazaki) and was at one point in the 1980's the largest distillery in the world!