{"product_id":"yamazaki-12-year-old-watami-founders-choice-limited-edition-japanese-single-malt-whisky-2017-66cl","title":"Yamazaki 12 Year Old 'Watami Founder's Choice' Limited Edition Japanese Single Malt Whisky (2017) 66cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eYamazaki 12 Year Old 'Watami Founder's Choice' Limited Edition Japanese Single Malt Whisky (2017) 66cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYamazaki 12 Years Old Watami Founder’s Choice is a limited-edition Japanese single malt from Suntory’s Yamazaki distillery. It was specially bottled for Miki Watanabe, founder of the Japanese restaurant chain Watami. The whisky matured for 12 years primarily in sherry casks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Yamazaki\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Yamazaki Distillery, established in 1923 by\u003cspan\u003e Shinjiro Torii\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as Japan's first malt whisky distillery, is the birthplace of Japanese whisky, a result of Torii's vision to create a unique whisky using a Japanese climate and pure water sources. After sending Masataka Taketsuru \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto learn from Scottish whisky masters, Yamazaki began production in 1924, laying the foundation for Suntory's now world-famous Japanese whiskies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The distillery's success was cemented by international acclaim, including Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewinning World Whisky of the Year, bringing global recognition to Japanese whisky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"J01vfb_j,J01vfb_k\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"J01vfb_j,J01vfb_k\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e*due end March 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"J01vfb_j,J01vfb_k\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e43% ABV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"J01vfb_j,J01vfb_k\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e66cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52792508645714,"sku":null,"price":419.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/Yamazaki12YearOld_WatamiFounder_sChoice_LimitedEditionJapaneseSingleMaltWhisky_2017_66cl1.jpg?v=1771973250","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/yamazaki-12-year-old-watami-founders-choice-limited-edition-japanese-single-malt-whisky-2017-66cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}