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Bottle archive / kansai

Hibiki 17 Year Old

Name: Hibiki 17 Year Old
Brand: Suntory
SKU: hibiki-17

響17年

Discontinued Meets the JSLMA standard

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What it costs in Japan

Observed shop / shelf price

¥55,000

700ml · tax basis not recorded

Static FX equivalent: about $367 at ¥150/$ (2026-08); not an overseas observation.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Observed shop / shelf price · 750ml · tax basis not recorded

$1,000

Observed price · checked August 2026
wine-searcher US average, 750ml. Weaker than a single named retailer — averages blend ordinary shops with collector shops, so they run high on scarce bottles. Replace when a Total Wine listing is confirmed.

No markup multiple is shown unless both the Japan and overseas values are observed transaction/shelf prices with dated provenance.

Can you actually buy it here?

Production has ended. Remaining stock only.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Is it Japanese whisky?

Mashed, fermented, distilled, matured and bottled in Japan, per the Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association standard.

How it tastes

Discontinued by Suntory in 2018 when the aged stock ran out. Any bottle you see now is old stock or resale, and the price reflects scarcity rather than quality. Famous outside Japan largely for its part in Lost in Translation.

Peat

Sweetness

Fruit

Spice

Oak

Smoke

Complexity

Body

Our estimates, scored the same way across every bottle so they can be compared.

Specification

Producer	Suntory
Region	Kansai
Type	Blended
Age	17 years
ABV	43%
Casks	American oak, Sherry, Mizunara
Best served	Neat
Our rating	90 / 100 (editorial)

Where to buy outside Japan

The Whisky Exchange

ships from UK

Master of Malt

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