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Auction: SFW29 - An Evening of Great Whiskies and Rums
Lot: 19

Suntory - Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary
The Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary
Limited Edition, by Suntory

This whisky is a blend of carefully selected malts
distilled and casked in milestone years throughout the
band’s 50 year history, including a Yamazaki malt from
the year the band formed (1962) that has been long-aged
in mizunara (Japanese oak) casks. Some Rolling Stones
milestones and corresponding malts used:
1962: The Rolling Stones formed - Yamazaki malt
1971: Lips and tongue logo completed - Yamazaki malt
1972: Exile on Main St., the album including “Rocks
Off,” used in Suntory TV commercials is released-
Yamazaki malt
1981: Signature song “Start Me Up”
released - Yamazaki malt
1990: First performance in Japan’s Tokyo Dome -
Hakushu malt, Chita grain

Tasting Notes
Its weighty, complex aroma calls to mind both dried and
ripened fruits, and even cacao and espresso, and its rich
heaviness and slight bitterness expand in the mouth with
a velvety smoothness. The aftertaste is a pleasant and
expansive woodiness akin to the fragrance of the finest
aloes wood, and a soft smokiness.

This commemorative whisky is bottled in a crystal bottle
designed around the iconic lips and tongue logo. The
bottle features the logo cut in relief on the front of the
bottle, and a diamond-shaped decorative stopper. The
bottle comes in a stylish box modeled after a black sofa.
Bottled in 2012. Only 150 bottles ever released worldwide.
Original release price $6,500 USD.
Comes in presentation box.
50%, 70cl.

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