I-House of Suntory namuhla yethule inani elilinganiselwe kakhulu le-whiskey enomkhawulo kakhulu i-Yamazaki 55 ku-Global Travel Retail, etholakala ngentengo yokuthengisa enconyiwe engu- $ 60,000 USD.
Ifakwe ebhodleleni ngo-2020, i-Yamazaki 55 iyinhlangano endala kakhulu ye-House of Suntory emlandweni wayo futhi ikhokha intela emndenini owasungula i-whisky yaseJapane, ngenkathi igubha inkathi yaseJapane “yeShowa” yama-1960s.
I-Yamazaki 55 izotholakala ukuze ukhethe i-Global Travel Retail namabhodlela atholakala eLondon, Paris, Hainan, Hong Kong, Taipei, Amsterdam, Seoul, Delhi, Istanbul, Dubai naseSingapore.
I-Beam Suntory izonikela ngo-$5,000 USD ngebhodlela ngalinye elikhishwe eqoqweni lalo nyaka lamabhodlela angu-100, elihlanganisa u-$500,000 USD, ku-The White Oak Initiative, iqembu elizibophezele ekusimameni isikhathi eside kwamahlathi e-oki amhlophe aseMelika.
I-Yamazaki 55 iyinhlanganisela yama-malts ayigugu angashadile, afaka izinto ezifakwe kudoti ngo-1960 ngaphansi kweso lomsunguli kaSuntory uShinjiro Torii bese esekhulile emiphongolweni yaseMizunara; futhi ngo-1964 ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kweSecond Master's Blender Keizo Saji ka-Suntory base bekhulile emiphongolweni ye-White Oak.
Umphathi we-Fifth-Generation Chief ka-Suntory uBlender Shinji Fukuyo usebenze kakhulu noMphathi Wesizukulwane Sesithathu uBlender Shingo Torii ukuze bathumele ubuciko babo besiginesha bokuxuba ukuveza kahle ukujula, ubunzima nobuchule obuyi-Yamazaki 55.
Uketshezi oluvelayo lunombala wenhlaka ojulile; iphunga elimnandi elibomvu lokhuni lwe-sandal nezithelo ezivuthwe kahle; ulwanga olumnandi, olubabayo kancane nolukhuni; futhi isiphetho esibabayo kodwa esimnandi nesicebile.
UManuel González, uMqondisi Wezokumaketha GTR weBeam Suntory, uthe: “Siziqhenya kakhulu ngokuthola ithuba lokunikeza abahambi okuthile okuhlukile futhi okukhethekile njengo-Yamazaki 55, inkulumo endala kakhulu evela e-House of Suntory. Lo mkhiqizo wohlobo olukhawulelwe kakhulu uzokhonjiswa kwezinye zezindawo zethu ezihamba phambili ze-House of Suntory, futhi uzothuthukiswa umkhankaso ohlanganisiwe wokwenza kusebenze. Sizibophezele ekukhuliseni i-Global Travel Retail ngokuqinisa umnikelo wethu omusha futhi silethe ulwazi olungcono kakhulu lwe-premium shopper ekuphileni kumakhasimende ethu.”
I-'Yamazaki 'iqoshwe ku-calligraphy ebhodleleni ngalinye le-crystal, ngenkathi ukumaka iminyaka kukhuliswa ngothuli lwegolide futhi kuvikelwe nge-lacquer. Ukuvuleka kwebhodlela kusongwe ngephepha le-Echizen washi elenziwe ngesandla futhi liboshwe ngentambo ephothiweyo ye-Kyo-kumihimo, ubuciko bendabuko obusuka e-Kyoto. Ibhodlela ngalinye livalwe ebhokisini le-bespoke elenziwe ngokhuni lwaseJapan iMizunara futhi limbozwe nge-Suruga lacquer.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Bottled in 2020, Yamazaki 55 is the House of Suntory’s oldest release in its history and pays tribute to the founding family of Japanese whisky, while celebrating the Japanese “Showa”.
- Yamazaki 55 is a blend of precious single malts, featuring components distilled in 1960 under the supervision of Suntory’s founder Shinjiro Torii and then aged in Mizunara casks.
- This highly limited-edition product will be showcased in some of our best House of Suntory locations, and it will be amplified by an integrated activation campaign.
