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Suntory Yamazaki 12 Year Old Reviews
Tasting Notes
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Tasting Notes by The Whisky Exchange
Nose: Maple syrup, white grapes and honeysuckle lead a soft and spicy character.
Palate: Spice starts, fading beneath caramel, sweet orange and cinnamon toast.
Finish: Grape skin and pineapple.
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Tasting Notes for CLASS Magazine
Appearance - Clear dark golden with burnished gold highlights.
Aroma - Cinnamon, red apple, muscovado sugar and jasmine blossom.
Taste - Medium bodied and honeyed in style, this easy vanilla malt bursts with apple fruit and jasmine freshness but is made complex thanks to notes of candied orange peel, cinnamon and clove spice and balancing dusty cigarette ash and cedarwood dryness.
Aftertaste - Woody oxidised pineapple notes linger on the pleasant finish.
Rating - 4.5/5
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Producer's Tasting Notes
Yamazaki is the first Japanese distillery established 1923. The distillery is situated in the vale of Yamazaki, an area of dense bamboo grooves at the foot of Mt. Tennozan outside Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital and stronghold of traditional Japanese culture.
The spiced wood arrives first then dried cranberries with a lasting muddle of orange marmalade and honey sweetness.
50 Customer Reviews
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Amazing single malt , hits the spot.
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Very smooth spice and oranges. Good finish
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A very smooth whisky, unlike any I have tasted before ! Would buy it again
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Perfect single malt
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A very solid japanese whisky and tops Hibiki 12yo, for example. However, price has gone up really steeply and is difficult to recommend any longer.
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Make no mistake this is a great whisky, is it worth the hefty price tag? Mmmm probably not. But worth experiencing, maybe gather a few friends round and split the bottle between you if you fancy trying it.
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overated, vastly overated. fruity, some spice, thin feel...average. now the 18 yo, that's a completely different story!
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Just Delicious
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Unbelievable for a 12 year old!! One of my favorite! Suntory knows what they are doing!
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light, to light and much too simple. taste like a 7 year old. overated. give me a balblair anytime.
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this is really a nice whiskey ! Thick and nutting. I love it !
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Superb! This is rare whisky now. One of the best 12 years!
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One of my all time favourites. Fruity and spicy with a lingering oaky aftertaste. Shame it's getting scarce now.
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Picked up onee of these in Narita on my way out and was surprised at how good it was. I would rate this as a very solid competition to a good Speyside brand like a Balvenie, Edradour or Glenmorangie.
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Like a Highland but fruitier and smoother than a 12 yr Highland. Outstanding! I think I''ve found my new 12 yr favorite!
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The best bar none, stop looking at the price tag and start tasting.
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Great whisky. An excellent introduction to the quality on offer from Japan.
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it is a wonderful after dinner drink. well matured for it's age.
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I like the fruity taste..amazing drink..was suprised to know that this was Japanese awesomeness
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A lovely smooth whisky,I had to be persuaded by a guy in a French shop of all places but must confess he was correct,its a nice drink and very good for the price.Fruity first sniff, then sweet and full, drying at the end with a honey taste.
