Hibiki 21 Year Old Japanese Whisky
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$749.99
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Whisky Advocate
Reviewed December 2023Incredibly floral on the nose, with citrus peel, sliced apple, burning incense, sandalwood, peach pit, aged oak, and spices so fine you could count them by the grain. It’s weighty and honeyed, driven forward by the mizunara oak character, with waxiness and smoke progressing to lime zest, green apple, kumquat, cocoa, cinnamon, and vanilla extract, with a creamy elegance to the finish.” (JM)
Professional Reviews
95
Wine Enthusiast
This blended whisky is an ideal sipper, with an enticing crème brûlée and dried apricot scents. Those notes are echoed on the palate, but are layered with drier oak and cigar wrapper notes, woven together on a light layer of peat smoke. Soft, complex and well-balanced. (KN)
93
James Suckling
Hibiki is special and it isn’t just because of Bill Murray and his promotion of Hibiki 17 in Lost in Translation. With regards to my earlier statement that malt-and-grain is not a bad word, many fans of Hibiki seem to overlook that it, too is a Blended, or malt-and-grain whisky! Aged predominantly in umeshu (Japanese apricot liqueur) casks, Hibiki is soft, spicy, round and smooth with no heat from ethanol and barley any tannin. There are notes of dark fruit compote, lapin cherry, and the sweetest kind of cigar smoke, more of a vanilla e-cigarette. The palate is buttery, round and soft; the finish long. Hibiki 21 definitely can appeal to the masses. In fact, so can Hibiki 17 and the rest of the series. I look forward to tasting their No Age Statement to be released later this spring and seeing if they are able to convey this soft and sexy style even at the introductory level. (EF)
Details
| Type | Single Malt Scotch |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Malt |
| Origin | Honshu, Japan |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1181090 |