Yamazaki 12 Year Old: Japan's First Whisky Distillery, Founded 1923 — Mizunara Oak, Bourbon, and Sherry in Harmony

From Japan's first and oldest malt whisky distillery, established 1923 by Shinjiro Torii on the outskirts of Osaka. First released in 1984. Matured in a combination of American oak, Spanish Oloroso sherry, and the rare Japanese Mizunara oak — which contributes a distinctive spicy-sweet, floral character found nowhere else in the whisky world.

Ash Carrington Reviews Editor