Capacity: 700ml
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME: 43%

WHEN IT COMES TO THE ALPS, MOST PEOPLE ONLY ASSOCIATE THEM WITH THE MOUNTAIN RANGE IN SWITZERLAND, EUROPE. BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS ALSO AN ALPS MOUNTAIN RANGE IN JAPAN? IT REFERS TO THE HIDA MOUNTAINS LOCATED ON HONSHU ISLAND, WHICH EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO THE AKAISHI MOUNTAINS. AFTER A BRITISH MISSIONARY CLIMBED THE MOUNTAINS AND MARVELED AT THE SCENERY COMPARABLE TO THE REAL ALPS, HE WROTE BOOKS ABOUT IT, HENCE THE NAME.

HAKUSHU DISTILLERY IS LOCATED RIGHT AT THE FOOT OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS IN JAPAN, COVERING AN AREA OF 820,000 SQUARE FEET (ABOUT 20 SOCCER FIELDS), SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINS, WITH A VAST EXPANSE OF LUSH FORESTS AND RIVERS ENCIRCLING THE DISTILLERY.

HAKUSHU 18 YEARS OLD ELEVATES THE FEELING OF STROLLING THROUGH A FOREST, WHICH WAS PRESENT IN THE 12-YEAR-OLD, TO ANOTHER LEVEL. IN TERMS OF AROMA, BENEATH THE BACKDROP OF MINT AND HERBACEOUS NOTES, GREEN APPLE AND CITRUS SCENTS ARE ABOUT TO EMERGE. WHEN YOU TASTE IT, IT'S EXTRAORDINARY—A FOREST IN FULL BLOOM WITH A FRESH WOODINESS, AND THE FLAVORS OF VARIOUS BERRIES AND RAISINS CONSTITUTE A LIGHT SHERRY PROFILE. BEYOND THE REFRESHMENT, THERE IS ALSO A RICH FRUITY SWEETNESS. THE AFTERTASTE IS EXTREMELY LONG-LASTING, AND WITH THE LINGERING AROMA IN THE MOUTH, I AM QUITE SURE YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS WINE.

HAKUSHU 18 YEARS CAN BE REGARDED AS THE MOST OUTSTANDING AMONG MANY JAPANESE WHISKIES.