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 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%

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.

Content 700ml - volume 43%

This 15-year old Yamazaki Pure Malt Tarudashi (straight from the barrel) Gensyu (original spirit) is a discontinued distillery-exclusive bottling.

Content 500ml - volume 57%

Suntory Nazo Aegis was bottled 8th June 2005 for the Mystery Writers of Japan. Created by Mr. Harutoshi Fukui, the author of the movie "Aegis of the Exiled''. From 2000 until 2004 these Nazo releases where blends of 70% Yamazaki and 30% Chita, from 2005 these contain just Yamazaki.

Content 600ml - volume 43%

Suntory Nazo Special Marriage Whisky is a limited release for Mystery Writers of Japan (MJW). Bottled June 17, 2000 from cask EG 8001. The secret blend contains 70% sherried Yamazaki from the 1990s and 30% grain whiskey, selected and blended by Osawa Arimasa of the Japan Association of Mystery/Detective Novelists.

Content 500ml - volume 43%

Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel 2012 is the 4th edition of Bourbon aged Yamazaki annual limited editions.

Content 700ml - volume 48%

This is one of 5 Limited Edition Yamazaki's released November 4, 2020. Compared to American oak, Spanish oak produces more tannins, leading to a more pronounced aromatic malt. Suntory sources their ex-Sherry casks–and they note that while ex-Sherry casks can be American or Spanish oak, Suntory chooses only the Spanish oak ones–are made from wood in the forests in the north of Spain. There’s a rich, concentrated sweetness and sourness going on.

Content 700ml - volume 48%

Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2009, the inaugural release of a range of superb no-age-statement malt whiskies.

Content 700ml - volume 48%

Yamazaki's 1982 Sherry Wood, aged for 15 years, was released in October 1997 and has become a legend in its own time.

Content 700ml - volume 45%

Suntory Royal Marriage was released in 1993 in honor of the Royal Marriage between Crown Prince Naruhito and Masako Owada on June 9. There is a Special version of Royal Marriage, presented in a decanter made by the Japanese glass maker Chiyoji Asahara. This is a blend of 1960 malt whisky produced at Yamazaki distillery and 1963 grain whisky, matured for 33 years. Perhaps this is the same blend used to fill the regular bottles, but that's just an assumption...
Region Japan
Bottling Distillery
Content 600ml
Volume 43%

Suntory Nazo Dark Angel, blended and bottled in 2002 for the Japan Association of Mystery/Detective Novelists. Selected and bottled by Natsuo Kirino (桐野 夏生), born October 7, 1951, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction. The main component of this whisky is 12 year old Yamazaki blended with Chita.

Content 600ml - volume 43%

This stunning gold-covered nas Yamazaki Pure Malt was released in 1983 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the distillery.

Content 760ml - volume 43%

Yamazaki 1993, bottled in 2011 from cask #3P 70186 for Bar C.

Content 700ml - volume 53%

The Arita and Kutani ceramic decanters were an annual limited release from Suntory, bottled between 2001 and 2014. Each one contains their exceptional Hibiki 21 year old blend, which contains malt from their Yamazaki and Hakushu distilleries, and grain from the Chita distillery. Arita and Kutani are the pre-eminent ceramic houses in Japan, both located on the islad of Kyushu. Each year, both houses designed a decanter each, and they are all hand-painted.

This is the Aritayaki 2003 release, bottled for the year 2004, limited to 650 decanters.

Content 600ml - volume 43%

The Arita and Kutani ceramic decanters were an annual limited release from Suntory, bottled between 2001 and 2014. Each one contains their exceptional Hibiki 21 year old blend, which contains malt from their Yamazaki and Hakushu distilleries, and grain from the Chita distillery. Arita and Kutani are the pre-eminent ceramic houses in Japan, both located on the island of Kyushu. Each year, both houses designed a decanter each, and they are all hand-painted.

This is the Hibiki Aritayaki 2006 release, bottled for the year 2007, limited to 500 decanters.

Content 600ml - volume 43%