It is better to hear than to learn - Yamazaki chapter
There is such a bottle of wine, with a high score of 9.4 for a long time to dominate the top of the 100 bottles of high score list, it is Yamazaki 25 years.
Everyone's reasons for liking Yamazaki for 25 years are different, and some people have given it a perfect score because of its investment attributes.
Some consider this wine slightly better than the Same Vintage McAllen 25 Years.
Today, Xiao Du will give you a good dig, why this wine can become the first place in the high score list.
Product positioning
The first bottle of Yamazaki was released in 1984 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Yamazaki Sakery, Japan's first distillery. The world-famous Yamazaki 25 years also bear the same mission of celebration: it was released in 1999 on the occasion of Suntory's 100th anniversary.
As a wine celebrating its 100th anniversary, bartenders naturally put a lot of effort into it.
As you may recall, in early 2020, Suntory released the information of Yamazaki's 55-year lottery. The yamazaki 55, which is rationed with 100 bottles, is officially priced at 3 million yen per bottle. You know, Yamazaki 50 auctioned 2.33 million Hong Kong dollars in 2018, this bottle of 55 years as long as you buy it is equivalent to a sea view room.
Compared to the unattainable Yamazaki 55 and 50 years, the Yamazaki 25 is actually shipped every year. Yes, it is one of four "resident" whiskies that Yamazaki releases each year (1923, 12, 18 and 25).
However, even though Suntory produces it every year, Yamazaki's popularity in the past two years has been terrible. A normal bottle of Yamazaki 12 is difficult to buy in the store, not to mention the 25 of only 1200 bottles per year?
The Institute believes that Yamazaki's current positioning in the past 25 years has perfectly balanced the number of people who "buy to invest" and "buy and drink", and if the output is small, it may also join the circle of "only looking at the distance, not opening the bottle", which is not good.
Product flavor
One of the reasons Yamazaki is so popular is its variability and ease of drinking. And Yamazaki's 25 years have taken this to the extreme. Its unparalleled sense of balance, balance and silkiness is very much loved.
The aroma of the sherry bucket increases with the number of years. At the same time, only the vintage allows the sweetness of grapes (port wine), figs, leather, and trees to blend together perfectly. This is followed by flavors including spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg, which complement the previous sweetness to form a very complex palate.
Naturally, such a wine, the rest of the rhyme must be long and rich. The sweetness of warm roasted plums gradually evolves into elegant dark chocolate, which is endlessly aftertaste and reflects its noble qualities.
But Yamazaki's 25 deepest memory point is probably its color.
Yamazaki 18 years is already a very beautiful amber, but 25 years of this red black is so unique, so deep, so fascinating.
It's rare for ordinary people to drink the two pinnacles of Sherry Barrel whisky at the same time and place, Yamazaki 25 and McAllen 25, so it's not easy to make a fantastic side-by-side comparison. But in the hundred bottles of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, maybe there are Weiyou who can do it!
Drinking channels
Every year, whisky lovers anxiously await the latest batch of Yamazaki 25 years.
Every time the latest 1,200 bottles are released, they are snapped up in record time. Compared to the 55 years/50 years that symbolize the peak, Yamazaki 25 years is a more "approachable" "king".
Yamazaki's product line has won many awards in international spirits and whisky competitions around the world.
However, compared with the sweeping isisc, IWSC, SWSC, WWA four major competitions, Yamazaki, who won 15 gold awards, for 18 years, or Yamazaki, who won 6 gold awards, for 20 years, Yamazaki has had some "cold in the high places" in 20 years. Its first gold award came 13 years after its release at WWA in 2012, and the second and current last, at SWSC in 2015.
But it remains one of the most sought after and prized single malt whiskies in the world today. Its deep aroma is really a unique advantage brought by its own year everywhere. With just one bite, you'll be able to spot the difference between it and Yamazaki's 18 level!
