Yamazaki 2020 Mizunara Japanese Oak Cask is one of 5 different Yamazaki expressions which were launched 4th November 2020. These were not for sale in regular stores, where you would expect them, but in a number of selected bars instead. Mizunara was obviously the most sought-after one, selling at nearly three times the price at introduction and shortly afterwards much higher on the secondary market.

Content 700ml - volume 48%

Yamazaki 2016 Sherry Cask, one of 5.000 bottles.
Region Japan
Bottling Distillery
Content 700ml
Volume 48%

This Yamazaki 1999 Single CaskDS70261 was bottled for HIRO in 2012.

Content 700ml - volume 52%

Suntory Age Unknown is a 1989 limited release of 300 bottles, selected from the finest barrels in the Yamazaki aging warehouses in celebration of the life of Keizo Saji and his receipt of the Order of the Sacred Treasure.

This one however is even more special, nicknamed Henkotsu Nankotsu after a book written by Keizo Saji.

Content 750ml - volume 43%

Suntory Pure Malt was released in March 1984 as a no-age-statement whisky, purportedly distilled in 1972 and as such 12 years old. According to chief blender Ken Sato the development of Pure Malt's flavor profile took two years. Suntory would add a 12-year age statement to the label in 1986 and continue to release Pure Malt until 2004 by when it was replaced by the infamous Yamazaki 12 year old Single Malt.

This is the 1991 Setsubun version, depicting a Oni mask.

Content 750ml - volume 43%

Suntory Pure Malt 10 years old, green label, bottled prior to 2002. This is of course a Yamazaki product but in those days not yet marketed as such.

Content 700ml - volume 40%

This is the old presentation of Nikka Yoichi 20 years Single Malt.

Content 700ml - volume 52%

Ootori, meaning mystical bird, is a rare blend of Kawasaki grain whisky and Karuizawa malt whisky, produced by Mercian in the last decade of the 20th century.

Content 700ml - volume 43%

Nikka Black was launched in 1965 and has been part of the range ever since. Nikka Black 12 years old has been bottled for the 40th Anniversary of Black, which was in 2005.

Content 720ml - volume 43%

Nikka Black was launched in 1965 and has been part of the range ever since. Nikka is a blended whisky but these bottles are presented as 'very finest old malt whisky'.
Region Japan
Bottling Distillery
Content 900ml
Volume 42%

This Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. Reserve Exclusive is a discontinued duty-free release, containing older Cognac as the regular V.S.O.P.

Content 70cl - volume 40%

Nikka Yoichi Genshu 10 years Single Cask #407505 is a distillery-exclusive release.

Content 500ml - volume 61%

Suntory President's Choice was selected and blended by Keizo Saji, born in Osaka in 1919 as the second son of Shinjiro Torii, founder of Kotobukiya. He became president of Kotobukiya in 1961, and officially renamed it to Suntory Limited in 1963, paying tribute to the success of Suntory Whisky a.k.a. Kakubin.

Content 760ml - volume 43%

This very special Yamazaki was bottled in 2011 in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Arima Kinen horse race, held annually since December 1956. It's label depicts a pair of Tora (tigers), one of the twelve signs of the Japanese zodiac.

Content 700ml - volume 48%

This very special Yamazaki was bottled in 2011 in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Arima Kinen horse race, held annually since December 1956. Its label depicts a pair of Inu (dogs), one of the twelve signs of the Japanese zodiac.

Content 700ml - volume 48%

The Hakushu distillery is owned by the Suntory group, and situated in the Toribara locality of the former town of Hakushu, in the Yamanashi Prefecture, Chubu region, Japan.

This 7 year old Hakushu Pure Malt White was released in the 1990's.

Content 500ml - volume 43%

The Hakushu distillery is owned by the Suntory group, and situated in the Toribara locality of the former town of Hakushu, in the Yamanashi Prefecture, Chubu region, Japan. This Hakushu 10 year old Tarudashi Genshu was only available at the distillery.

Content 600ml - volume 57%

Yamazaki 1993 Single Sherry Cask, bottled in 2012.

Content 500ml - volume 56%

This Yamazaki was released June 2013 in honor of Yamazaki's 90th Anniversary.

Content 190ml - volume 48%

Suntory's profound Single Malt Whisky Yamazaki 18 years comes in a special bottle with a silhouette of the Yamazaki distillery, the first distillery in Japan.

This 2015 Limited Edition comes in a Paulownia wood case depicting the bamboo forests of Yamazaki, known for its pristine waters and loved by the Tea Master Sen no Rikyu.

Content 700ml - volume 43%