{"product_id":"yamazaki-tsukuriwake-2024-collection-golden-promise-single-malt-whisky-2024-70cl","title":"Yamazaki Tsukuriwake 2024 Collection Golden Promise Single Malt Whisky (2024) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eYamazaki Tsukuriwake 2024 Collection Golden Promise Single Malt Whisky (2024) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lot of us that have tried Yamazaki 12, maybe 18 once..... dreamed of 25, drooled at the 55.... this is for you. You will see why below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGolden Promise Barley is the one here. We all want to spend something and have what we spent given back to us and this is it! the depth. the complexity. The enjoyment. the desire to actually slow down. To realise we do not need a mouthful of something to enjoy it. the appreciation. The savouring. The slowing down of time. the realisation that we have patience. This is Golden Promise Yamazaki. Sometimes... a whisky can teach you something and you did not even realise you learned it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the 2024 Tsukuriwake series, this Yamazaki was made using exceptional Golden Promise barley, the grain behind many of the finest Scotch whiskies of the 1960s and 70s. This richly textured single malt was distilled in 2009 and aged in American oak casks, resulting in aromas of orange marmalade, custard creams, and toasted malt, complemented by the distillery’s hallmark notes of pineapple and citrus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCentral to the complexity and richness of Yamazaki whiskies is a unique Japanese style of making whisky. It’s called ‘Tsukuriwake,’ which means ‘variety in production’ – the distillery creates a wide range of different whisky styles within a single distillery. Here we have variety in the barley type used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYamazaki used Promise Barley, an exceptional grain variety, first grown in Scotland in the 1960s, giving a malty and rich Yamazaki.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYamazaki Golden Promise is a Japanese single malt, distilled in 2009 and matured in American oak casks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has notes of orange marmalade, custard, sweet malt, vanilla and honey.\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\n\u003cp\u003e48% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52784485106002,"sku":null,"price":399.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/4631188558_22a8ccb2-6509-4d94-873a-b651304f6613.jpg?v=1771929660","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/yamazaki-tsukuriwake-2024-collection-golden-promise-single-malt-whisky-2024-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}