Suntory Year of the Monkey

Suntory was established by Shinjiro Torii in 1899 by opening a wine store in Osaka, the store was a huge success which eventually led to the building of its first distillery Yamazaki in 1924. Today Suntory is one the biggest alcoholic beverage makers in the world, Under its umbrella, are some of the most well known whiskies and spirits, including JimBean, Bowmore, Laphroaig, Makers Mark, Canadian Club and Connemara. This bottling depicting monkeys is of the Zodiac year of the monkey. Once opened the aromas of toffee, honey, ginger, almonds and oak will greet your nose, and the palate is of dried fruits, toffee, marzipan, cinnamon and nutmeg with a medium long finish of ginger, cinnamon, dried fruit and oak.