Suntory Yamazaki 12 Year Old

70cl / 43%
  • Japanese Single Malt Whisky
Suntory Yamazaki 12 Year Old
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Customer Rating
4.5 (65 Reviews)
Tasting Notes (3)
'Yamazaki 12 year Old is a pioneering malt in Japan, for which Suntory deserve great credit. In its early days, it was rounded and delicate...now it is more intense, confident and elegant. 8/10' Michael Jackson, Whisky Magazine, Oct 2002.

Age
12 Year Old
Country
Japan
Colouring
Yes

Character

  • Cinnamon Cinnamon
  • Orange Orange
  • Pineapple Pineapple
  • Honey Honey
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Suntory Yamazaki 12 Year Old Reviews

Tasting Notes

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

65 Customer Reviews

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  • 5
    6 days ago

    Very happy with the entire process. Authentic product. Fast delivery to the US

  • 5
    13 July

    Great delivery service

  • 4
    15 June

    That is good drink

  • 5
    10 January

    What a lovely drink most i have paid for a whisky but well worth it, with posting fast delivery Thank all at the we look forward to my next whisky to try from you guy

  • 5
    4 January

    Picked up a bottle a couple of years ago on a trip to Tokyo. Just opened today. Should have done it sooner. Very smooth a new favorite. Don't wait go get a bottle and enjoy it neat.

  • 4
    1 January

    Love it

  • 5
    22 November 2017

    Lovely tasting whisky. Brought for a birthday present; worth the price and quick delivery. Will repurchase this bottle again or another from the Yamazaki brand.

  • 5
    21 November 2017

    In the Eye : Deep Caramely colour In the Nose : Could taste the barrel !!! In the Mouth : Smooth Texture . Lightly sweet and kind of deep aftertaste (EXACTLY my taste) . As for the actual taste , aromatic , fruity and barrelish. This bottle is now my favourite . Definitely will always have place in my mini-bar .

  • 5
    13 November 2017

    This is my instant favorite. Perfectly smooth with a nice lingering slight pinapple finish. Fantastic!

  • 5
    27 October 2017

    Lovley single malt good price highley reccomend

  • 5
    25 October 2017

    It’s very nice. I’m a Scotch drinker so this was a nice surprise. Very smooth easy drinking whiskey. I pair my whiskeys with the cigars that I smoke and it pairs rather nicely with the Cuban cigars that I smoke.

  • 5
    18 October 2017

    One of the best whiskeys I've ever tried!

  • 4
    2 October 2017

    Very sooth excellent!

  • 4
    25 September 2017

    Delicious - creamy, smooth, with lovely toffee and pear nose. The finish is not as intense as you would hope for a near ?100 whisky but typically Japanese whiskies are not as good value so that is expected.

  • 5
    23 September 2017

    Just Delicious

  • 5
    10 August 2017

    Amazing single malt , hits the spot.

  • 4
    20 July 2017

    Very smooth spice and oranges. Good finish

  • 4
    6 July 2017

    A very smooth whisky, unlike any I have tasted before ! Would buy it again

  • 5
    9 June 2017

    Perfect single malt

  • 4
    24 May 2017

    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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