SUNTORY HAKUSHU 18YR Varietal:Whisky The 2014 grows on volcanic

The 2014 grows on volcanic

aromatic grapes

drawing on some of the region's oldest grafted Sauvignon Blanc blocks

commitment to tradition

SUNTORY HAKUSHU 18YR Varietal:Whisky The 2014 grows on volcanicMost Japanese single malts lean into light, delicate fruit Hakushu 18 goes in the opposite direction, adding deliberate smoke to its mountain forest character without surrendering refinement. Suntory's Hakushu Distillery sits at roughly 700 meters elevation in Japan's Southern Alps, where cool temperatures, high humidity, and pure snowmelt water slow fermentation and maturation considerably. Traditional wooden washbacks are used during fermentation,