{"product_id":"yamazaki-distillers-reserve-red-shiny-box-70cl","title":"Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve (Red Shiny Box) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eYamazaki Distiller's Reserve 70cl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003e with Red Box 2023 Recipe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fresh and fruity whisky from Yamazaki, full of red fruit and a touch of sherry cask. It's also got some mizunara (Japanese oak) matured whisky in the mix, which comes through as a complex spicy and almost incense-like note. A well put together and deep dram.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased in Spring 2014, this is one of two Distiller's Reserve single malt whiskies from Suntory in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNose : Classic Yamazaki strawberries and dried fruits with floral notes coming from the Mizunara cask whisky. Fragrant sandalwood and maybe coconut. Certainly a whisky where you could get lost in its nose!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalate : The dried berries remain lively on the palate (it even develops some raspberry notes along the way), but they're dialled back a bit to make room for light oak, white peach and a small amount of spice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinish : Vanilla lasts and lasts, with spicy but sweet cinnamon acting as a final flourish.\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 data-processed=\"true\" data-wiz-uids=\"J01vfb_j,J01vfb_k\" class=\"uJ19be notranslate\"\u003e\u003cspan data-processed=\"true\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" class=\"vKEkVd\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n43% ABV\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52784421732690,"sku":"4901777233812","price":149.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/4016298112_93a22750-ec38-446d-bf2e-66ce2acd70fd.jpg?v=1771929530","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/yamazaki-distillers-reserve-red-shiny-box-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}