Size: 750 ml
Proof: 94
Created: Japan

• 92 points From The Beverage Testing Institute
• Gold Medal At The International Wine & Spirits Competition
• Double Gold Medal At The San Francisco World Spirits Competition

Taste
The Hakushu 12 Yr is herbaceous with hints of apples, pears and almonds. The palate is vibrant with notes of pears, buttered cookies, and dark plums. The finish is smokey, and soft with a pleasant lingering touch. This elegant bottle is a testament to the craftsmanship of its producers, who aim to capture the beauty of simplicity and provide a bourbon adventure that invites and celebrates the craft of several gold medals. It is a symbol of heritage and craftsmanship, providing a whisky experience that is cherished as it will never be forgotten.

History
The Hakushu 12 Yr is a unique spirt crafted with tradition in mind. In February 1899, Shinjiro Torii opened a general store in Osaka, Japan that traded & imported wines. Within a decade, Torii began producing his own sweet grape wine called Akadama Port Wine, which became wildly popular throughout the country. Following the end of World War I, Torri — fascinated by whisky his entire life — decided to expand his business and began construction of the Yamazaki Distillery, Japan's first-ever whisky distillery. Fifty years after the construction of the Yamazaki Distillery, Keizo Saji inherited his father's vision and began construction of Suntory's second distillery. Although inspired by traditional Scottish distilleries, both Torii and Saji envisioned a uniquely Japanese approach to distilling whisky. As a result, the Hakushu Distillery is situated amidst the deep forests of Mount Kaikomagatake in Japan's southern Alps, and enjoys a unique microclimate as a result of being surrounded by nearly 6,000 varieties of plants and thousand-year-old granite rocks. The Hakushu 12 Year Old Japanese Single Malt Whisky is made exclusively from malted barley, which is milled and mashed with water sourced from the Ojira River and Jingu Rivers (the water has a unique softness and purity, made possible by its filtration through the granite rocks of the Japanese Alps). Once the grains have been mashed, they are fermented by a unique strain of yeast (Hakushu Distillery has thousands of unique strains in its arsenal) in wooden washbacks. Despite the additional cost and labor required, wooden washbacks as compared to stainless steel washbacks take advantage of the distillery's unique location by incorporating naturally occurring lactic acid bacteria and other microorganisms into the wash. Following fermentation, the wash is distilled twice through Hakushu's copper-pot stills before the whisky is laid to rest in the distillery's warehouses. Once the whisky has aged for a minimum of twelve years, it is brought to proof with pure Japanese spring water. As a result of the whisky's slumber in Japan's deep forests, Hakushu 12 Year Old.

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