SUNTORY ROYAL was born in 1960. This bottle commemorates Suntory's 60th anniversary. Suntory's founder Shinjiro Torii's genius inspiration, taste research, and vital market research combined to create the "Golden Ratio" blend.
In the six decades since its first release, Suntory Royal has thus seen its source of grain whisky change, and Hakushu was added to the blend after it opened. The bottle also saw premium editions and age statements come and go in the late 90s to early 2000s. In its heyday, long before Hibiki was around, Suntory Royal was the company’s premium blended whisky for elites probably enjoying Ginza’s bubble-era nightlife.
This is a special-limited-edition bottle of Suntory Royal released in 1993 with a label commemorating the wedding of Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito.