Yamazaki Tsukuriwake Selection 2022 Edition Single Malt Japanese Whisky – Complete 4 Bottle Set

Brand: Yamazaki (House of Suntory)

Release Name: Tsukuriwake Selection — 2022 Edition (4-Bottle Set)

Whisky Style / Type: Single Malt Japanese Whisky Set — 4 Distinct Cask Expressions

Composition: Puncheon, Peated Malt, Spanish Oak and Mizunara Single Malts

Age: No Age Statement

Volume: 4 x 700ml Bottles (2.8 Litres Total)

Alc / Vol (%): 48.0% (All Four Bottles)

Country: Japan

Region: Yamazaki Distillery, Osaka Prefecture

Cask Type: American Oak Puncheon, Northern Spanish Oak, Japanese Mizunara Oak, and Peated Malt (Cask Type Varies by Bottling)

Limited Edition: Yes (Ballot-Only Release, Highly Restricted International Allocation)

Award Winner: Not independently confirmed for this specific set — Yamazaki as a brand includes past World Whisky of the Year winners

Yamazaki is Japan’s first commercial whisky distillery. It was founded in 1923 by Shinjiro Torii. The distillery sits near Kyoto, where soft water and seasonal climate shifts enhance maturation. This location gives the whisky a unique edge.

Yamazaki also uses multiple yeast strains and a variety of casks. These include American oak, sherry butts, and rare Japanese Mizunara oak. As a result, the distillery creates layered, elegant single malts. Its whiskies continue to earn global recognition and define Japanese single malt excellence.

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Most Yamazaki releases are finished blends where the individual cask influences are folded together; this set does the opposite, isolating the puncheon, peated malt, Spanish oak and Mizunara components that make up the "foundational pillars" of Yamazaki single malt. That makes it a genuinely educational set as much as a drinking one — a rare chance to taste, side by side, exactly what each cask type contributes to the finished whisky. Distributed only through a ballot system and released in extremely limited numbers, with only a handful of countries receiving allocation, this is one of the scarcer collector sets to come out of Yamazaki in recent years. It's an ideal purchase for serious whisky collectors and Japanese whisky enthusiasts who already know the standard Yamazaki range and want a deeper, component-level understanding of the distillery's craft.