![]() The Essence of Suntory Volume 3 brought us sugi - Japanese Cedar-aged and finished whiskies.įor this Hibiki Blossom Harmony, it’s sakura’s time to shine. Suntory has been somewhat more restrained on that front, although they are branching out - pun intended. Some have gone all-in on cask diversification: Tequila, Cognac, Sake. ![]() One of the more admirable aspects of the new Japanese whisky standards is that they didn’t impose any constraints on cask types. The insanity around the bottles containing the same liquid but a different design - such as the recent Ryusui Hyakka bottle - is, as the kids say, ‘something else.’ This bottle has taken the secondary market by storm but contains the standard no-age statement Hibiki Japanese Harmony.īack to the main event: Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021 is a blend of Hibiki Japanese Harmony - the Hibiki NAS - with sakura (cherry blossom) cask finished whiskies. Those are the bottles that continue unique liquid. The Hibiki brand has also seen several variants, such as Deep Harmony, Mellow Harmony, Blender’s Choice and Master’s Select. This was then joined by further age statements, some of which have been discontinued or had supply highly-constrained. Although the first bottle displayed no age statement, it was a 17-year old. Hibiki is Suntory’s premium blend, first released in 1989 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of their founding. They both had RRPs of ¥8800, €65 or $75, but now grace auction sites for multiples of that. Suntory did control the release in waves, but this hasn’t stopped the speculators. They sold out almost immediately everywhere in Japan. They were both released on May 25 and allegedly 30,000 of each were produced. Suntory’s first big announcement of 2021 was the… err… announcement of two limited edition bottles: the imaginatively-named Yamazaki Limited Edition 2021 and Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021. The World Needs Some Harmony To Blossom At Least At The RRP
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