Suntory “Hibiki Japanese Concord” Blended Japanese Whisky at Okay&L California – Japanese Whisky Information
September third, 2022
Suntory “Hibiki Japanese Concord” Blended Japanese Whisky (750ml)
$84.99
SKU #121503891 factors Wine Fanatic
The most recent blended whisky providing from Hibiki is burnished gold within the glass and has a daring aroma that mixes vanilla, recent pear and a touch of smoke. The smokiness comes ahead on the first sip, wrapping round a core of oak and vanilla custard and ending lengthy, with a mouthwatering bitter chocolate be aware. *Wine Fanatic Better of 2016* (KN) 
(3/2016)
90 factors Whisky Advocate
Poised and complicated, with sometimes lifted fruitiness: strawberry ice cream, pineapple, peach, balanced by delicate oak, bamboo shoot-like delicacy, then lemon. The palate is extra rounded than that very ahead nostril, with toffee notes including some weight. A contact of smoke comes alongside within the mid-palate, earlier than fruits and caramelized espresso biscuits. Water permits the flavors to flood the palate. Exemplary mixing expertise and classically Hibiki. (DB, Winter 2015) (12/2015)
Wine & Spirits
You’ll be able to’t be a Japanese whisky fanatic with out having observed that there’s a scarcity of the stuff. What as soon as was available is now exhausting to search out. What as soon as was reasonably priced now prices varied bodily limbs. It is because of greater than a fad. The most effective Japanese whisky is outstanding stuff, and none are higher than the highest single malts from Suntory, Yamazaki, Hakushu and the blended whisky Hibiki. Hibiki is available in 12-, 17- and 21-year-old expressions, however even the youngest of those is now allotted. Concord, the latest launch, carries no age assertion, indicating that it comprises youthful whiskies than different bottlings. However, this can be a welcome concession, with Suntory’s basic sense of steadiness, nuance and delicacy. *Wine & Spirits Better of 2015* (JM) (11/2015)
Okay&L Notes
The most recent incarnation of Suntory’s massively standard Hibiki collection, this time with out an age assertion hooked up. The identical mushy, mellow, vanilla-laden taste remains to be right here, nonetheless. It’s a real concord of pure Hibiki taste. *96 factors, Final Spirits Problem Prime 100 of 2020*
