Beverage Testing Institute · July 2023
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Suntory 'Ao' Blended World Whisky 700ml
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Product Description
A Japanese crafted blend of Irish, Scotch, American, Canadian, and Japanese whiskies. Blend The World Irish, Scotch, American, Canadian and Japanese whiskies are the world's five major whiskies. Suntory's blenders carefully select malt and grain whiskies produced at Beam Suntory-owned distilleries in these five countries and meticulously blend them to craft Suntory World Whiskey Ao. Ao is named after the deep blue of the majestic oceans that connect our world. It is a whisky with a sweet and vibrant nose, smooth on the palate, but with a multi-layered flavor that leads to a pleasingly smoky finish, revealing its many expressions. Please savor the complex and rich flavors resulting from the evolving interplay of distinctive whiskies from around the world. Tasting Notes Color: amber Nose: profound, vanilla and pineapple-like fruitiness on top, a creamy sweetness and depth with a lingering woody aroma Palate: smooth and sweet mouthfeel, gradually followed with smokiness and cinnamon-like spiciness Finish: multi-layered complexity, sweet and smoky, spicy and woody
Product Specs
| Alcohol by Volume | 43.0% |
| Country of Origin | Japan |
| UPC | 080686957386 |
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Awards & Scores
Critic reviews and blind-tasting competition results for this bottle.
What critics and judges wrote
Whisky Advocate · Jonny McCormick · 2023
… this is a busy, multilayered whisky. … Juicy orange flavors, with smoke, chocolate, cinnamon, peppercorn, and maltiness, then hazelnut, caramel, and ground almond to finish.
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Competition medals
International Spirits Challenge
Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition
7 medals from 2 competitions, 2019 to 2025.
Tasting Notes
Flavor profile
How strongly each flavor family shows up across 2 notes from 2 publications, weighted by source.
- Herbal & greenfloral notes, rose waterLight
- Fruitygrilled orange, fruity hard candy, Juicy orange flavors, pineapple-like fruitiness on topClear
- Sweetcaramel, sweet and vibrant nose, vanilla, creamy sweetness, smooth and sweet mouthfeelClear
- Oak & maltfresh-baked bread, maltiness, hazelnut, ground almond, lingering woody aromaClear
- Smokefirework smoke, smoke, pleasingly smoky finish, smokiness, sweet and smokyClear
- Spicewood spice, cinnamon, peppercorn, cinnamon-like spiciness, spicyClear
Flavor map
Suntory Ao against other Japanese whiskies we carry. Closer dots taste more alike.
Closest Japanese whiskies at a similar price: The Tottori Mizunara Cask ($49.98), Nikka Yoichi Single Malt ($149.96), and Nikka Miyagikyo Single Malt ($149.96).
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Each whisky's place on the map, from 0 to 10.
| Whisky | Rich | Smoky | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suntory Ao (this bottle) | 5.0 | 6.5 | $79.96 |
| The Hakushu 18 Year Old Peated Malt | 4.8 | 4.7 | $3,999.96 |
| The Tottori Mizunara Cask | 3.7 | 4.9 | $49.98 |
| The Hakushu 18 Year Old | 5.2 | 4.4 | $1,299.96 |
| Nikka Yoichi Single Malt | 3.3 | 5.2 | $149.96 |
| Hibiki 21 Year Old | 6.0 | 4.1 | $899.96 |
| The Hakushu 12 Year Old | 3.8 | 4.1 | $199.96 |
| Nikka Miyagikyo Single Malt | 3.0 | 4.2 | $149.96 |
| Shinobu 15 Year Old Mizunara Oak Finish Pure Malt | 6.0 | 3.5 | $199.96 |
| The Yamazaki 18 Year Old | 6.1 | 3.3 | $899.96 |
| The Yamazaki 12 Year Old | 4.7 | 2.7 | $189.96 |
| Kaiyo Japanese Whisky | 4.0 | 2.8 | $79.98 |
| Nikka Coffey Malt | 5.7 | 2.1 | $74.98 |
| Hibiki 17 Year Old | 6.1 | 2.1 | $899.96 |
| Shibui 10 Year Old Pure Malt | 7.0 | 2.1 | $179.98 |
| Hibiki Japanese Harmony | 2.9 | 2.1 | $99.97 |
| Suntory Toki | 2.2 | 2.5 | $39.97 |
| Hakata 18 Year Old Sherry Cask | 5.5 | 1.6 | $199.98 |
| Nikka Days | 3.6 | 1.7 | $62.98 |
| Kujira 15 Year Old | 6.3 | 1.6 | $269.96 |
| Kaiyo Cask Strength | 5.5 | 1.4 | $129.98 |
| The Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve | 6.2 | 1.5 | $149.96 |
| Hibiki Blossom Harmony | 3.8 | 1.4 | $399.96 |
| The Yamazaki 18 Year Old Mizunara | 4.8 | 1.0 | $3,999.96 |
| Shibui 18 Year Old Single Grain Sherry Cask | 5.0 | 0.3 | $349.96 |
Flavor scores are our estimates. A flavor scores higher when more critics mention it and when they describe it more strongly, so no single review sets the result. They are not a rating from any publication.
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