In 2013, Jim Murray’s 2015 Whisky Bible tabbed Suntory Whisky Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013 as its “World Whisky of the Year.” Thus, single malt fans… [Read More]The post Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2016 appeared first on Pursuitist.

In 2013, Jim Murray’s 2015 Whisky Bible tabbed Suntory Whisky Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013 as its “World Whisky of the Year.” Thus, single malt fans can rejoice at that the news that the 2016 Sherry Cask is hitting the market on February 1, 2016.Sherry cask whisky has been a constant staple of the Suntory Whisky portfolio since 1924, a year after the distillery began construction. Shinjiro Torii, the founding father of Japanese whisky, first started making his whiskies by leveraging sherry casks imported from the wine of southern Spain needed to blend his famous Akadama Sweet Wine. Hence the sherry cask was the first cask used by Suntory Whisky and plays an important role in the origin of Japanese whisky.Over its 92-year history, Suntory Whisky has managed numerous sherry casks and sherry malts. Suntory’s Chief Blender Shinji Fukuyo visits the Northern region of Spain himself. He does this to ensure that his selection of Spanish oak be sent to the “bodegas” (sherry wineries) to be made into the sherry casks used to store their Oloroso Sherry. Fukuyo oversees this entire process, from the selection of the casks, to the charring and the aging of the sherry. After three years of aging, the sherry casks ...