He does not like whiskey the one who did not try it and did not understand. Refined and complex at the same time, saturated, with rich combinations of tastes and aromas - the gentlemen's drink creates a warm and lively mood, warms and pampers the soul, and satisfies the body. This paradise nectar for esthete and gourmet was appreciated by admirers of harmonious beauty - the Japanese.
Japan's first distillery - Yamazaki
In 1923, based on knowledge gained from distilleries and the University of Scotland, a wine company, later called Santori, created the first malt production of living water in Japan. The factory was opened on the outskirts of the ancient capital of the Land of the Rising Sun - Kyoto, in a picturesque corner of nature near the town of Yamazaki (Yamazaki), whiskey was named after its birthplace.
The place for production was chosen impeccable and picturesque:
- spread out in bamboo forests, the foggy hilly confluence of three rivers with the purest soft spring water of Rikyu;
- cool, humid, mild and windy climate all year round, which is ideal for aging a great drink.
Having precisely adopted the ancient Scottish traditions and the foundations of production, adding Japanese attention to details, the use of innovative technologies and following national principles, the Santori brand blenders brought notes of Japanese culture and aesthetics to the drink.
The whiskey created at the factory near Yamazaki lacks heavy and harsh notes. It has a lighter, delicate, delicate, deep and complex taste, with only a hint of peaty and smoked aroma. And the main advantages are the harmony and balance of the drink.
Whiskey from the Yamazaki brand (Yamazaki)
The drink takes on shades of taste and aroma when aged in barrels of five types:
- From white American oak, new and from bourbon, which adds sweetness, flavors of vanilla biscuit, pears.
- Two types of Spanish oak sherry barrels that make the final color darker and thicker, and the taste is slightly bitter-sweet: in one barrel, the infused drink acquires the aroma of a cream cake, and in the other - the fragrance of dried fruits, almonds in combination with chocolate.
- Wine oak barrels that add a touch of cinnamon to the smell of berries and fruits.
- Exclusive Japanese mizunar oak barrels, in which curing occurs, saturate the blend with hints of sandalwood, caramel, spices and dried fruits, leaving a long aftertaste.
Japanese whiskey "Yamazaki" belongs to the category of Single Malt - single malt drinks from one distillery, composed of different types of malt from several barrels with different aging periods. The blend contains about a dozen components, which makes the drink multifaceted and distinguishes it from simpler blends of other manufacturers. Malt from barrels of mizunar is added to the final product in a minimal amount, but radically changes the whole flavor.
Advantages of Yamazaki
Whiskey of this brand is distinguished by:
- The highest class of drink.
- Barrel aging - 8,10,12,18,25,40 and 50 years.
- Fortress 43%.
- Compatible with almost any dish.
- Almost all types of drinks are multiple winners of world competitions for the best whiskey.
- As raw materials, high-quality imported Scottish malt is used.
Range
- Yamazaki (whiskey without indicating aging) is a strategic product of Santori company, designed to attract a young consumer to the richness of taste of a single-malt type of drink. It is a blend of spirits from wine barrels and mizunar oak, has a warm taste, the aroma of red berries, strawberries, peaches, spices and woody notes.
- 10-year-old Yamazaki whiskey combines the characteristic notes of a drink aged in American and Japanese oak, with a combination of warm and sweet vanilla and fruit-nut tones with light floral-woody tones.
- The Yamazaki blend - 12-year-old whiskey - consists of three types of drink, aged in barrels of American, Japanese and Spanish sherry oak and ten types of malt. Warm and sweet-creamy smell of honey berries, peach, citrus and pineapple, matured taste, not too tart, with characteristic woody notes and a hint of spices - vanilla, ginger and cloves. Santori's most popular Single Malt.
- Aged for 18 years, Yamazaki whiskey, including in cherry barrels, envelops and is warm, with a deep and ripened bouquet of autumn-winter fruits and tart berries of blackberries and strawberries, with the addition of a touch of milk chocolate, coffee and a subtle nuance of Japanese oak.
- For connoisseurs of refined and multi-layer aged drinks, Yamazaki is produced - 25-year-old whiskey, which has a soft and deep taste, acquired in sherry barrels, consisting of combinations of winter aromas - coffee and cocoa, walnuts and almonds, dried fruits and marmalade, as well as with bright notes of woody aromas of Japanese oak.