Yamazaki Suntory 10 Years Old

Yamazaki 10 Years Old is an earlier core expression of Suntory's single malt, distilled at Japan's first malt distillery in the valley of Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, in a release bottled for Europe. Opened in 1923, Yamazaki shaped the way the world came to read Japanese single malt, and this ten year old offers the house style at a moderate age.

Matured in Ex-Bourbon wood, the whisky takes its sweetness from American oak. Fresh orchard fruit and vanilla sit at the front, a gentle malt note carries underneath, and at 40% the texture stays soft and rounded. It is an accessible Yamazaki, lighter and more direct than the older sherried bottlings, and a clear window onto the distillery's balanced, fruit led character at an earlier point in maturation.