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Suntory Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt. Yamazaki, Kyoto, Japan. ABV: 43.00%. Tasted at Helvetica, $17.
Colour: Light golden / straw colour.
Nose: Sweet honey & maybe some floral notes?
Palate: Soft, smooth and kind of coats the mouth with a gentle film. Kinda like the after effect of smashing a jelly shot – you know you’ve imbibed alcohol but it doesn’t have that strong alcohol sensation.
Finish: not much burn, flavours don’t tend to linger long or create any lasting impression to have some more.
Comments: Decent flavours, but a little underwhelming, almost a bit watery. Still very drinkable though. Need to shift my next whisky tastings away from the sweet ones to get some more variety!
I’ve always found this one particularly easy to drink, though find a small amount of ice aids in the flavour development quite well. Of course who doesn’t want to make it “Suntory time”…? Actually, have you even seen that film?
That quote was all a bit lost in translation…
lip my stocking.
Also, first comment on the blog FTW!
Yeah I reckon you’re right with the floral thing, certainly something like that going on. I agree that this is a nice easy drinking whisky, but in my opinion(which is very limited on jap stuff) I prefer the Hibiki 12, Hakushu distillers reserve, Hakushu 12