Hibiki 21 Year Old Mount Fuji Decanter (Wooden Box Edition)

Name: Hibiki 21 Year Old Mount Fuji Decanter (Wooden Box Edition)
Brand: Suntory
SKU: 4901777040427-wood
Price: 9999.95 USD
Availability: InStock

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$9,999.95

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✔ Authenticated by the house — seal, fill level, and label inspected before release
✔ Documented provenance on every bottle
✔ Climate-safe, collector-grade packaging

Age: 21 Years | Region: Japan | Proof: 86 Proof

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21

Years Aged

86

Proof

43%

ABV

700 mL

Painted Decanter

Paulownia

Kiri Wood Box

Duty-Free

Travel Channel

This is the Hibiki 21 Mount Fuji decanter as it ships in the paulownia (kiri) wood box — plain light timber with a single black label panel carrying the Hibiki mark and the 21. Inside is the house’s 24-facet decanter under a painted Mount Fuji scene, holding Hibiki’s 21-year-old blend. No edition number and no release year are claimed on this page: the trade record contradicts itself on both, so what is described is the object itself.

Nº 01

The Elemental Distinction

01

What ships: the painted Mount Fuji decanter in a plain paulownia wood box with a single black label panel.

02

Paulownia — kiri — is the traditional Japanese timber for storing valuables, light and dimensionally stable; it is a storage box as much as a presentation one.

03

The decanter is the house 24-facet form, painted with a snow-capped Fuji above pine and shoreline.

04

No edition number is claimed. Two dealers assign opposite numbers — first and second — to the wood-box bottling in the same stated year, and no producer record settles the question.

05

No release year is claimed, on the same grounds: the years circulating in the trade disagree and none traces to Suntory.

06

Sold separately from the presentation-box bottling so that the box shown is the box delivered.

Nº 02

The Kiri Wood Presentation Heritage

Commemorative Travel Release

Created as an artistic expression of Japanese nature, this edition translates centuries of cultural reverie for Mount Fuji onto Hibiki's 24-faceted bottle. By uniting aged stocks from Yamazaki, Hakushu, and Chita across Mizunara, Sherry, and Bourbon casks, Suntory's master blenders mirror the natural equilibrium depicted on the glass and timber packaging.

Nº 03

Craftsmanship & Cask Maturation

Five Cask Synergy

Mizunara Oak Frame

Rare Japanese Cask Maturation

Provides the irreplaceable sandalwood, temple incense, and oriental spice profile unique to long-matured Japanese oak.

Sherry & Bourbon Wood

Deep Fruit & Velvet Texture

Aged sherry casks impart dark chocolate, fig, and dried apricot richness, balanced by sweet bourbon barrel vanilla.

Malt Foundations

Yamazaki & Hakushu Estates

Combines Yamazaki's opulent, fruity depth with Hakushu's delicate, mountain-filtered herbal clarity.

Grain Harmony

Chita Distillery Grain

Aged grain whisky from Chita acts as the silken thread, binding the complex malts into a velvety, seamless palate.

Nº 04

Sensory Profile & Strategy

Integrated Spectrum

I

Sensory Profile

What is in the glass is Hibiki’s 21-year-old blend, and the painted decanter is a poor window on it — colour judged through that panel tells you about the paint. Rather than borrow tasting notes from a retail listing, this page carries none: no producer note for this decanter has survived verification, and an invented one would be worth less than the omission.

II

Strategic Position

Two listings, one whisky, and the timber is the difference — which is the first thing this page establishes. It stands with the same decanter in its black presentation box and alongside the 100th Anniversary Hibiki 21, inside the rest of the Japanese shelf here.

Nº 05

Collector Note & Index

Vault Provenance

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Paulownia (Kiri) Wood Value

A kiri box is not incidental packaging — paulownia has been Japan’s storage timber for scrolls, kimono and swords because it moves so little with humidity, and a bottle that arrives in one has been housed rather than merely wrapped.

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Data Integrity

On edition numbering this page holds the same line as its sibling: the trade contradicts itself, no producer record settles it, and a number asserted here would be invention.

Evaluated strictly on verified physical inspects and exact packaging presentation.

Collector IndexHIBIKI 21 WOOD

Brand: Hibiki (House of Suntory)
Decanter: 24-Facet Painted Mount Fuji
Packaging: Paulownia (Kiri) Wooden Box
Proof / ABV: 86 Proof (43.0% ABV)
Format: 700 mL / 750 mL
Channel: Airport Duty-Free Exclusive

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Nº 06

Technical Specifications

CLASS	Blended Japanese Whisky
BRAND	Hibiki, House of Suntory
AGE STATEMENT	21 Years Minimum
BOTTLE	Hibiki 24-facet decanter, painted with Mount Fuji scene
PACKAGING	Plain paulownia (kiri) wood box with black label panel
EDITION NUMBER	Not claimed (Unverified by producer)
RELEASE YEAR	Not claimed (Multiple trade claims)
ABV / PROOF	43.0% ABV / 86 Proof
FORMAT	700 mL / 750 mL
PRODUCER	Suntory, Japan

† Format and packaging verified directly from physical inspects.

Nº 07

Records & Assurance

Production Methodology

Hibiki has been Suntory’s blended range since 1989, built on the house’s 24-facet bottle, and this decanter carries a painted Mount Fuji scene across that form. It ships housed in a paulownia wood box with a single black label panel. The page stops there on purpose. The release year, the edition number, the run size and the commemorative occasion are all repeated in the trade in versions that disagree with one another, and none of them traces to a producer source that survives checking — so none is stated here as fact. What can be established by inspection is stated; what cannot is left open rather than guessed.

Authentication & Vault Preservation

Every bottle sold through Midnight Whiskey is sourced as an authentic, sealed product and inspected before it ships. Orders are packed with padded, glass-rated handling and require an adult signature (21+) on delivery; we do not ship to anyone unable to verify legal drinking age. For our full sourcing and handling protocols, see our editorial and authentication standards.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the wooden-box Mount Fuji the first or second edition?

Midnight Whiskey does not claim either, because the trade disagrees with itself: one dealer lists the wood-box bottling as the second limited edition of a stated year, another lists a wood-box bottling of the same year as the first, and a third sells both numbers under identical descriptions. With no producer record to settle it, printing a number here would be a guess. The packaging is described instead, because that is what can be verified.

What is a paulownia box and why is it used?

Paulownia — kiri in Japanese — is a light, stable timber traditionally used in Japan to store valuables such as scrolls, kimono and swords, because it moves very little with changes in humidity. A whisky housed in one is being stored rather than simply packaged, and the condition of the box tends to matter to collectors accordingly.

Does this hold the same whisky as the presentation-box listing?

Both listings hold the Hibiki 21-year-old blend in the same painted Mount Fuji decanter; the outer box is the difference, and it is the reason they are sold as two products rather than one. Listing them separately means the packaging shown on each page is the packaging that ships.

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The Elemental Distinction

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