Yamazaki 12 was first released in 1984, making 2024 its 40th anniversary. It was originally called 'pure malt,' as that was the Japanese equivalent of single malt but has since adopted Scotch ...

But water is still at the core of Suntory’s mission, and whisky—particularly the Yamazaki, Hakushu ... Alps that’s naturally far softer than Scotch distilleries complements the eponymous ...

Among the winning bottles was Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve which beat ... The blind tasting comes at a "precarious time" for the dominance of Scotch whisky, said Jack Rear in The Telegraph.

Torii's second son Keizo Saji released The Yamazaki 12 Year Old, designed to have a more delicate flavour profile than the Scotch single malts available at the time. Yamazaki 10 Year Old and ...

Long viewed as an inferior copycat of Scotch, Japanese single malts and ... to upgrade its distilleries, including its Yamazaki site. Chief blender Shinji Fukuyo said he welcomes the new breed ...