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This 17 year old pure malt carries his name and his blueprint: malts aged at least 17 years at Yoichi, his rugged coastal Hokkaido distillery, and Miyagikyo, its elegant counterpart in the hills outside Sendai, with a generous share of sherry-cask maturation in the mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe awards are real and repeated — World's Best Blended Malt at the World Whiskies Awards in 2014, 2015 and 2018. Nikka retired the age-statement Taketsuru range in 2020, so every remaining bottle comes from a closed chapter of Japanese whisky. In the glass: yellow plum, old leather, toffee and mocha. 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Bottled for Japan and imported by Takara Shuzo, it keeps everything that made the original famous — the faceted bottle, the racehorse stopper, single barrel bottling from Buffalo Trace's Warehouse H in Frankfort, Kentucky — and adds details you won't find on the standard US release: barrel information inked in red, a katakana neck label, and gift-ready packaging. It pours at 93 proof (46.5% ABV), the same strength as the classic Original, from a barrel selection reserved for Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the glass it runs a shade darker and drier than the US bottling: roasted caramel, honey, and vanilla up front, then fennel, licorice, dried cherry, clove, and roasted oak. 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Suntory's own tasting notes read like a walk under the blossoms — wafting florals, sakura and fragrant olive over acacia honey, French pear and a refined sweetness that recalls sakura mochi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottled at 43% ABV in Hibiki's 24-faceted decanter, the 2022 edition wears blue-and-crimson kimono-textile packaging that changes with every vintage — part of what makes lining up the years side by side so satisfying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hibiki","offers":[{"title":"700ml \/ 2022","offer_id":50890968236271,"sku":"VWS200435685","price":200.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/7149\/3045\/files\/651cd999-e43d-4b77-9a4c-58e2f1b0e02b.jpg?v=1790308238"},{"product_id":"hibiki-suntory-whisky-blossom-harmony-bottled-in-2023","title":"Hibiki Suntory Whisky Blossom Harmony Bottled in 2023","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"product-description_content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThird time under the cherry trees. 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The 2024 edition pours with cherry blossom and osmanthus on the nose, then turns silky — sakura mochi, honey, vanilla and orchard fruit over Hibiki's signature smooth blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2024 packaging is one of the series' boldest, wrapping the 24-faceted decanter's box in deep crimson kimono-textile florals. 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The official profile: fragrant cherry blossom and osmanthus on the nose, a smooth palate of acacia honey and La France pear, and that elegant sakura-mochi sweetness the series is known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2025 presentation leans into craft — a cherry blossom motif printed on handmade Echizen washi paper, with box art inspired by yobitsugi, the Japanese art of joining fragments with gold. 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Expect the series' signature spring profile — cherry blossom and osmanthus florals, acacia honey, La France pear and a sweetness reminiscent of sakura mochi, finishing long and vibrant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2026 box may be the prettiest yet: yobitsugi-style panels of peonies, chrysanthemums and a hawk in flight, framing the 24-faceted decanter and its Echizen-washi label. 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