Suntory whisky hibiki resonates with the subtleties of nature infused by the twenty four seasons of japan s traditional calendar and reflected in the twenty four facets of its bottle s design.
Hibiki japanese harmony whisky review.
Hibiki japanese harmony is heralded as the foundation of the hibiki range leveraging the same key malt and grain whiskies from the original hibiki blend hibiki 17 years and hibiki 21 years.
The rare mizunara japanese oak and sherry cask malt whiskies are the dressing.
And that s okay because the japanese are very good in my opinion at making blends i think nikka from the barrel is one of the greatest value whiskies on the planet.
We review hibiki japanese harmony a japanese blended whisky from beam suntory that s made up of an undisclosed mash bill of 10 different malt and grain whiskies aged in 5 different types of oak.
Suntory s hibiki japanese harmony is a new blended whisky.
Made of the same combination of yamazaki malt hakashu malt and chita grain as hibiki 12 the hibiki harmony is a no age statement nas presumably younger version of the famous blend and was pushed out to the market as stores of older whisky dwindled.
The hakushu blend which is exceptionally sweet and has notes of pine and earthy flavors not found in other peated whiskys like ardbeg or laphraoig is overwhelmed by the acidity and acridness of the yamazaki malt which tends to be more spicy and possesses the cinnamon characteristics that present in japanese harmony.
Both of suntory s malts hakushu and yamazaki present strongly in japanese harmony but their effect is less pleasant than in the 12 year old hibiki.
So when i got sent a sample of a blend from suntory i was rather looking forward to opening it.