Capacity: 700ml
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME: 43%

"YAMAZAKI 25 YEARS," THE PINNACLE OF SUNTORY'S HALL - OF - FAME WORKS. AFTER BEING CROWNED THE WORLD'S BEST SINGLE MALT WHISKY BY WWA IN 2012, IT HAS BEEN A HIGHLY SOUGHT - AFTER ITEM BY DRINKERS ALL OVER THE WORLD EVER SINCE. HOWEVER, DUE TO ITS ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF ONLY 1,200 BOTTLES, MANY WINE LOVERS CAN'T FIND IT EVEN IF THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO JAPAN. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO TASTE THIS FINE LIQUOR AT A WINE - TASTING PARTY LAST YEAR AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FORGET IT EVER SINCE...

"YAMAZAKI 25-YEAR-OLD" BOASTS A UNIQUE AND CHARMING REDDISH-BROWN HUE, A TESTAMENT TO ITS OVER 25 YEARS OF AGING IN TOP-TIER SPANISH OLOROSO SHERRY CASKS. UPON OPENING THE BOTTLE, ITS RICH FRUITY AROMA IS ACCOMPANIED BY A FAINT SMOKY SCENT. WHEN TASTED, THE INITIAL FLAVORS ARE THE HALLMARK FIG AND RAISIN SWEETNESS OF SHERRY CASKS, WHICH GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO THE ACIDIC BITTERNESS OF BLACK COFFEE IN THE MOUTH, SLOWLY TRANSITIONING INTO THE DISTINCTIVE TANNINS OF AGED WOODEN BARRELS. THE TEXTURE IS DRY, YET THE AFTERTASTE IS DEEP AND LINGERING, WITH THE BITTER-SOUR NOTES OF CITRUS INTERMINGLED WITH BURSTS OF WOODY AROMA THAT PERSIST FOR A LONG TIME, ULTIMATELY CONCLUDING WITH A HINT OF CANDIED SWEETNESS...

"SWEETNESS AND BITTERNESS INTERTWINED" IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TERM TO DESCRIBE "YAMAZAKI 25 YEARS." SOME SAY THIS BLEND OF SWEETNESS AND BITTERNESS IS A FEAST, WHILE OTHERS SAY IT TASTES LIKE DRINKING THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF LIFE. EXPRESSING THE MOST CONTRADICTORY AND COMPLEX FLAVORS IN THE MOST LAYERED WAY IS PRECISELY THE GREATNESS OF "YAMAZAKI 25 YEARS."