All-in-all there’s nothing wrong with the Harmony, I’m just struggling to get a whole lot out of it which makes its high price difficult to manage. The 12 is richer and more complex than the Harmony and has more to explore across the palate and nose than the Hibiki Harmony. Hibiki Harmony is nicely done, but tasting it next to the Hibiki 12 shows a none-too-subtle difference. Good balance, medium body and a rounded mouthfeel. Medium in length and dotted with notes of malt, fruit and graham crackers. Notes of apricot and golden raisins play here as well accompanied by notes of malt and a bit of spice. Fruity with notes of apricot, golden raisins, hay, toasted malt, a touch of cocoa and a bit of alcoholic sting. It’s not a very complex aroma, but it is good. The NAS replacements are rarely as good as what they replaced and it seems incredibly unfair to charge the same for a product that doesn’t deliver a sensory experience similar to what it replaced. I understand this is a function of supply and demand on a product that takes over a decade to create, but what I don’t like is when they charge the same price, or sometimes higher, for the NAS version as they did the age-stated one. They either keep the same statements that every one knows and loves and jack up the price or they release a NAS version that tries to copy the profile of its counterpart as best it can. The NAS trend is a tad annoying, but I get why distilleries are beginning to deliver releases like this.Īs whisky consumption continues to rise the stocks of older whisky shrinks and as that happens the distilleries have a choice. Made of the same combination of Yamazaki malt, Hakashu malt and Chita grain as Hibiki 12, the Hibiki Harmony is a no age statement (NAS), presumably younger, version of the famous blend and was pushed out to the market as stores of older whisky dwindled. Hibiki Harmony is Suntory’s response to their whisky shortage.
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