SUNTORY HAKUSHU 18YR Varietal:Whisky including brands such as Willett

including brands such as Willett Pot Still Reserve

the 50 hectare estate practices sustainable viticulture on prime hillside vineyards near the Mediterranean

drawing on some of the region's oldest grafted Sauvignon Blanc blocks

the family patriarch Donald was drawn to California viticulture and became enamored with the Mount Veeder region

the reposado rests four months in oak

SUNTORY HAKUSHU 18YR Varietal:Whisky including brands such as WillettMost Japanese single malts lean into light, delicate fruit Hakushu 18 goes in the opposite direction, adding deliberate smoke to its mountain forest character without surrendering refinement. Suntory's Hakushu Distillery sits at roughly 700 meters elevation in Japan's Southern Alps, where cool temperatures, high humidity, and pure snowmelt water slow fermentation and maturation considerably. Traditional wooden washbacks are used during fermentation,