Suntory Classic The Supreme Blend (Bottled 1985) 70cl

Suntory Classic The Supreme Blend (Bottled 1985) 70cl

This particular whisky is a very rare, discontinued bottling by Suntory, containing premium blended whisky from its three distilleries, Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Chita. Barley seen on the market as whisky was not seen as something to keep back in the older days in Japan. In fact the market suffered multiple downturns through the 1900s until recently when in the early 2010s... demand started to go back up.

Suntory is the oldest whisky making company in Japan. Its origins stretch back to a small shop, started in 1899 by Torii Shinjiro, which specialized in selling imported wines.

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.

43% ABV

70cl