Yamazaki Suntory Pure Malt 25 Year Old 1998

Suntory’s flagship distillery, Yamazaki was founded by Shinjiro Torii in 1923. The town of Yamazaki was chosen to be the site of Japan’s first commercial distillery due to its very ‘Scottish’ climate, and with it being an area where three rivers converge. In its early days, Yamazaki produced both malt and grain for Suntory's blends, but the opening of the Chita distillery in 1972 allowed the company to focus on its single malt brand. It is now one of the world's most desirable. The first spirit ran from the stills in 1924, on 11th November at 11:11am.

This is the rare first expression of Yamazaki's sought-after 25 year old expression, bottled in 1998. This bottle still features the term Pure Malt, as the company had yet to define its whiskies as single malts, as it does now.

One of 1,200 bottles.