ABV: 43%
Vol: 700ml
Batch: y7lns
Nose: Freshly baked ginger bread, dusty wood, saw dust, musty warehouse, vanilla, small spice, smell after a rain shower (dusty scent).
Taste: Oranges, canned fruit salad, small spice and stale cigarettes. Entertaining malty implication.
Finish: Short and slightly flat, enjoyable but not distinguishable.
Balance: Well balanced, silky smooth, clean blend and aftertaste but a little short in my opinion. Never the less enjoyable in its own way.
Comments: I let this sit for a good 8 minutes before I considered nosing and tasting. This bottle had been sitting in the cupboard for sometime, quarter full, so a little air may have put a slight tinge to it.
Chris Bunting at Nonjatta has a very interesting article on dating Suntory Old bottles. This is a fantastic and well researched write-up that I'm sure every reader at Whiskies R Us will appreciate (I certainly did). In addition, for all you buffs out there, take a look at the continuing article "An Old bottle". A nice little story behind an "Old" bottle recovered near a submerged World War two tank.
Reviewed by Clint A
This is a most impressive whisky in my life. Because it is the whisky that I drank for the first time.
ReplyDeleteIt was in 1980. I forgot a flavor of it, but I remember I lost my memory for excessive drinking.
"Suntory Old" seems to bring back memories for a lot of people. It holds a certain place for a lot of people in their whisky experience.
ReplyDeleteFunny to see these selling in Europe on whiskyauction for Euro45. They go for about 12 bucks in Japan. Thought even more crazy is those bidding over Euro80 for Suntory's Kakubin yellow label, which again sells for about $12 in Japan.
ReplyDelete80 Euro for Suntory's Kakubin???? Goodness me, last time I was at my local super market it was on special for around $10 in Japan. 80 Euro is equivalent to 9,000 yen, for this price, in Japan, you could grab your self something special. That is really crazy........would be interested what they bid for on the Kakubin black and white labels......
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