![]() This duty is performed once in the summertime, called ochugen and once at the end of the year, called oseibo. Japanese custom calls for the giving of gifts twice a year to someone who is taking care of you. The venture was hugely successful, and the company was renamed Kotobukiya in 1921, which built its first distillery three years later, Yamazaki. It’s intended for the gift-giving season of Ochugen. Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021 Suntory are one of the founding fathers of Japanese whisky, established by Shinjir Torii in 1899 as a wine store in Osaka. The label is also beautiful, emblematic of Suntory’s attention to detail when it comes to product design. The box is decorated with ‘100 flowers suitable for celebration’. Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021īlossom Harmony is sold in 700 ml classic Hibiki-shaped bottles at 43% ABV. This literally means flower viewing, which sounds very sophisticated, but, well, is actually a two-week piss up. The beautiful box of Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021Ĭherry blossoms are the most revered of all the blooms in Japan, and the excuse for the two-week party called ‘Hanami’. Akashi AKA The White Oak Distillery has gone all-in on cask diversification, for example, Tequila, Cognac, Mizunara, Bourbon, Red Wine, Oloroso … even Japanese Sake cask editions. So we have the freedom to mess around here. One of the things I liked about the new Japanese whisky standards is that they didn’t impose any specification on cask types. Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021 featured a blend of standard Hibiki with sakura cask finished whiskies. Prior to this, Hibiki hasn’t seen yearly limited-edition releases, but the series has seen a number of variants outside of its age-statement releases, such as Deep Harmony, Mellow Harmony, Master Select for the airport market and Blender’s Choice. Hibiki 21 is a 6-time winner of World’s Best Blended Whisky at the World Whisky Awards. Hibiki Suntory Whiskey Blossom Harmony 2022 750ml Color: Amber Nose: Wafting floral scents, sakura, fragrant olive Palate: Smooth mouthfeel, expanding. Hibiki is Suntory’s premium blend brand, released in 1989 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of their founding. ![]() Yōkoso! Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021 A bit of Hibiki history An interesting nose, with notes of grass, green fruits and nougat and praline. 86-90 Wow, really good one, need a bottle. Our focus here is the Hibiki Blossom Harmony.Ĭoldorak’s Note: today we welcome a guest author, Mac aka Kanpai Planet, who does Youtube reviews of Japanese whiskies and other Japanese drinks on his Youtube channel. Whisky reviews for Hibiki Blossom Harmony. They both had RRPs of ¥8800 (after tax, around €67 or $80), but now grace auction sites for 10x that. There are allegedly 30,000 of each of these kicking around. They were both released on May 25 and sold out almost immediately everywhere. It was released in May 2021 and there were no immediate plans for it to be made available outside of the Japanese market.Suntory’s first big announcement of 2021, back in January, was of two limited-edition variants on their two biggest brands: Yamazaki Limited Edition 2021 and Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021. In a first for Suntory, Blossom Harmony has been finished in casks made from sakura trees which are more commonly known as Japanese cherry blossom. ![]() Hibiki is a blend of over ten malts and grains featuring Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Chita all aged in five types of cask. Suntory today has a large stake in both the bourbon and Scotch whisky industry, but remains at the forefront of its native whisky market too. ![]() Expansion in the next decade saw the company move its grain production to a new Chita distillery in 1972, and open a second malt distillery, Hakushu, the following year. The distillery produced both malt and grain whiskies which the company blended together, releasing its first Suntory White Label in 1929, the resulting popularity of which saw the firm renamed after it 1963. Suntory are one of the founding fathers of Japanese whisky, established by Shinjirō Torii in 1899 as a wine store in Osaka.
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