Product Description
One of the first Japanese single malts to break into the UK market, Suntory's Yamazaki 12 Year Old continues to impress with its well-balanced fruity sweetness, something that appeals to novice and experienced whisky drinkers alike.
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
Character
Character
- Orange
- Cinnamon
- Honey
- Pineapple
Product Facts
Product Facts
Age
Country
Japan
Colouring
Yes
Yamazaki 12 Year Old
70cl / 43%
FREE UK standard delivery
In stock online
£139
Web Exclusive Price
£115.83 ex VAT
(£198.57 per litre)
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Delivery
Delivery
Express delivery(Choose a day)
From £6.95
Standard delivery (2-4 Working Days)
Free
Click & Collect (Mon-Fri 10am - 5pm)
Free
How We Pack
Eco-friendly packaging
Our boxes are made of 100% recyclable cardboard and our protective honeycomb paper wrap keeps your package safe and significantly reduces our need for plastic.
Flexible delivery options
We deliver to countries all over the world! You can also select express delivery, or pick a specific delivery date, at checkout.
Packed with care
Our experienced warehouse team take great care with every order. As specialists in glass packaging they ensure that your items stay safe and secure in transit.
Returns
30-Day returns policy
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Tasting Notes
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.
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Customer Reviews
(94 Reviews)
real burster
evething is fine except the packaging was slightly damaged thanks
Very good! Light and crisp. Not overly fruity. Dangerously smooth, great as a slow sipper or shot. Neat or on rock, doesn’t matter. Good stuff will buy again!
As others have said, if you like Speyside this will be right up your street. I saw it in Sainsbury's a few years for £45 and snapped it up, was probably £55-60 here the previous time I bought it. Can't understand why its so much more now. There are better bottles in this range, I can assure you.
I like Yamazaki 12 as I find it quite smooth and relatively easy to drink. Back in the day when you could find a bottle for £60 I would just about stretch to buying one (on a special occasion). But for £135 I just don’t think it’s worth it, you can find whisky which is just as good for far cheaper, and if your budget for a bottle is £135 you can find something truly special! Very pleasant and easy to drink, but not worth the price by a long way.
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