Yamazaki 18 Years Old

Yamazaki 18 Years Old, bottled in 2025, is a single malt from Suntory's Yamazaki distillery in Osaka Prefecture, Japan's first malt distillery, founded in 1923 where the Katsura, Uji and Kizu rivers meet south of Kyoto. This global release is a mizunara focused 18 at cask strength, presented at 48% in a 700ml format, a Japanese oak showcase from the senior tier of the range.

Matured in Japanese mizunara oak, the porous, leaky and slow giving wood lends its signature sandalwood, incense and temple wood character, with a coconut sweetness that deepens over long years in cask. At this strength the aromatic mizunara notes turn concentrated over the distillery's mature orchard fruit, the higher proof carrying the wood's resin and spice with weight. It is a focused expression of the Japanese oak signature that defines older Yamazaki, deep and perfumed in the glass.