Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2022

Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2022

The 2022 limited edition release of Hibiki Blossom Harmony from the House of Suntory. This blend combines malt and grain whiskies from the Yamazaki, Hakashu, and Chita distilleries that make up the core Hibiki Harmony blend, with whisky finished in sakura (Japanese cherry blossom) casks incorporated into the Blossom Harmony 2022 expression. A fantastically balanced non-age statement whisky, showcasing the mastery of chief blender Shinji Fukoyo.

Suntory are one of the founding fathers of Japanese whisky, established by Shinjirō Torii in 1899 as a wine store in Osaka. The venture was hugely successful, and the company was renamed Kotobukiya in 1921, which built its first distillery three years later, Yamazaki. The distillery produced both malt and grain whiskies which the company blended together, releasing its first Suntory White Label in 1929, the resulting popularity of which saw the firm renamed after it 1963. Expansion in the next decade saw the company move its grain production to a new Chita distillery in 1972, and open a second malt distillery, Hakushu, the following year. Suntory today has a large stake in both the bourbon and Scotch whisky industry, but remains at the forefront of its native whisky market too.

Hibiki is a blend of over ten malts and grains featuring Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Chita all aged in five types of cask.

In a first for Suntory, Blossom Harmony has been finished in casks made from sakura trees which are more commonly known as Japanese cherry blossom. It was released in May 2022 and there were no immediate plans for it to be made available outside of the Japanese market.

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