HIBIKI - JAPANESE HARMONY - RYUSUI-HYAKKA Limited Edition 2021 - 43%
Suntory Holdings is based in Osaka and operates 329 businesses and employs a total of over 37,000 people in Asia, Europe and the Americas. It has interests in food, beverage, wine and beer, while Suntory's spirits business is in the hands of Beam Suntory , headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. It is the third largest spirits company in the world behind Diageo and Pernod Ricard. Beam Suntory offers Japanese whiskeys Hibiki, Yamazaki and Hakushu , produced at the company's two distilleries in Yamazaki and Hakushu.
Hibiki Harmony was launched in 1989 to commemorate Suntory's philosophy of living in harmony with people and nature. The 24 seasons of the traditional Japanese calendar are represented in the 24 facets of its bottle design. It is a blend of malt and grain whiskeys from Suntory's Yamazaki, Hakushu and Chita distilleries.
The 2021 limited edition pays homage to the Ryusui-Hyakka ("One Hundred Flowers and Flowing Water") motif. Often featured in traditional Japanese art as a ceremonial design, the Ryusui-Hyakka celebrates the harmony of the cyclical passage of time symbolized by the ever-changing flow of water and the flowers of the 24 seasons.
