From Suntory's flagship distillery - Japan's first, oldest, and most esteemed whisky producer - this 18-year expression earned gold at the 2007 International Spirits Challenge and double gold at the 2005 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Nearly two decades of patient maturation in American, Spanish, and Mizunara oak casks creates the prototype for Japanese whisky-making, bottled at 86-proof (43% ABV). This limited edition represents the unmistakable character that established Yamazaki as the foundation of Japan's whisky tradition.