Hibiki Ryusui-Hyakka 2021 limited Edition Japanese Blended Whisky

Brand: Hibiki (House of Suntory)

Release Name: Japanese Harmony — 2021 Limited Edition (Ryusui-Hyakka Design)

Whisky Style / Type: Blended Japanese Whisky

Composition: Blend of over 10 Malt and Grain Whiskies, Aged Across 5 Cask Types

Age: No Age Statement (2021 Release)

Volume: 700ml Bottle

Alc / Vol (%): 43.0%

Country: Japan

Region: Blended from Suntory's Yamazaki, Hakushu and Chita Distilleries

Cask Type: American White Oak, Sherry Casks and Mizunara Oak

Limited Edition: Yes (Annual Design Series — 2021 Ryusui-Hyakka Edition, Released Globally October 2021)

Award Winner: Not independently confirmed for this specific edition — Hibiki as a brand is Japan's most highly awarded blended whisky, and the standard Japanese Harmony blend inside this bottle has received multiple international spirits awards

Hibiki is a premium Japanese whisky brand known for its smooth, balanced blends and rich, layered flavors crafted from carefully matured malt and grain whiskies.

This edition's design draws on Ryusui-Hyakka, a Japanese artistic concept meaning "one hundred flowers and flowing water," capturing the cyclical passage of Japan's 24 traditional seasons through painted blossoms and flowing water motifs across the bottle. The whisky inside is Hibiki's acclaimed, unchanged Japanese Harmony blend — built from more than a dozen malt and grain whiskies aged across American oak, sherry and rare Mizunara oak casks — so buyers get the same critically respected liquid as the standard release, with a genuinely striking, collectible design on top. It's part of an ongoing annual series of Harmony bottle designs Suntory has produced (following 2018's 30th Anniversary edition and preceding the 2022 and 2023 designs), making it a strong pick for collectors building out a vertical of Hibiki's yearly limited editions, as well as anyone after an elevated gifting option.