Single Malt Islay Peated Bottled
⏳ Drinking Window & Cellar Guidance
As a premium single malt whisky, this bottle is ready to be savored immediately upon release and will maintain its peak complexity and character indefinitely when stored upright in a cool, dark place.
🍽️ Culinary Pairings
Slow-smoked barbecue brisket, mature blue cheeses, and high-quality dark chocolate with sea salt.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted at Japan's legendary Yamazaki Distillery, founded in 1923 by Shinjiro Torii near Kyoto, the Single Malt Islay Peated Bottled 2024 represents a masterful dialogue between Scottish heritage and Japanese precision. Yamazaki is situated at the confluence of three rivers—the Katsura, Uji, and Kizu—providing a humid microclimate and exceptionally soft water, famously praised by the historic tea master Sen no Rikyu. For this special release, Yamazaki utilizes heavily peated malt sourced directly from the Scottish island of Islay. The resulting spirit marries the intense, maritime, and earthy smoke of Islay peat with Yamazaki's signature elegant, fruit-forward house style, shaped by meticulous distillation in diverse copper pot stills and careful maturation in select oak casks.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1923 by Suntory founder Shinjiro Torii, the Yamazaki Distillery stands at the foot of Mount Tennozan in Shimamoto, Osaka, as Japan's pioneering commercial malt whisky distillery. Situated where the Katsura, Uji, and Kizu rivers converge, the site was specifically selected for its exceptionally soft, pristine water and misty, humid microclimate that provides optimal conditions for barrel maturation. Yamazaki is renowned for its versatile production methodology, deploying washbacks of both wood and stainless steel, uniquely shaped copper pot stills, and a diverse cask regime featuring Japanese Mizunara oak, American oak, and Spanish ex-sherry butts. The distillery is celebrated globally for its layered, multi-dimensional single malt whiskies, most famously its flagship 12- and 18-Year-Old expressions characterized by complex notes of tropical fruit, sandalwood, and delicate spice.