1/The Chita is Suntory's single-grain, the light one in the Japanese line-up, and it's crossed a hundred dollars. It's $111 at Dan Murphy's this morning, up from $99.95 last Thursday.
2/Its own CE 360° jury of ten comparable bottles reads The Chita at about $97, with a ceiling near $98. At $111 it's sitting a step past the top of that band — dearer than its peer group scores it.
3/The whisky is the same easy, soft grain it was under a hundred. Light orchard fruit with a tropical edge, made for a long highball. Nothing in the glass has moved; the sticker has.
4/Only a small step over fair value, but a step the wrong way for a bottle that was under $100 a week ago. Worth holding for the round number to come back. What's it going for near you?
A Kentucky bourbon and a Japanese blend, both sitting at the bottom of their own price range this week. Angels Envy is $96. Nikka From The Barrel, $77. Plain shelf tickets at Dan Murphy's, neither one a members' deal.
Two whiskies at their own floor this week, and the shelf's oddest near-miss. Proper No. Twelve, the Irish blend, is $59. The Chita, Suntory's Japanese grain whisky, is $99, down from the $111 it carried in mid-September. Both plain shelf tickets, neither a members' deal.
Hakushu 12 has crept up again — it's $378 at Dan Murphy's this week, thirty dollars more than last. Lovely whisky. Also a lot of money for a 12-year-old.
| bottle | region | latest ticket | read | window price | CE 360° mean | premium | shelf rank | per std drink | drink rank | content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakushu 12 Year Old Whisky | $378.00 | observed | $378.00 | $278.85 | 26.2% | #22 of 26 | $15.92 | #25 of 26 | 1 | |
| Hakushu Single Malt Japanese Whisky | $169.99 | observed | $150.00 | $133.67 | 10.9% | #15 of 26 | $7.16 | #17 of 26 | 1 | |
| Hibiki Harmony Whisky | $179.85 | observed | $169.95 | $149.47 | 12.1% | #18 of 26 | $7.57 | #20 of 26 | 0 | |
| Hibiki Japanese Harmony 2021 Limited Edition Blended Whisky | $730.00 | observed | $730.00 | $566.87 | 22.4% | #21 of 26 | $30.74 | #26 of 26 | 0 | |
| Kurayoshi The Tottori Blended Japanese Whisky | $96.99 | observed | $74.00 | $70.76 | 4.4% | #6 of 26 | $4.08 | #5 of 26 | 0 | |
| Kyoto Nishijin Ori Red Belt Whisky | $103.99 | observed | $94.00 | $89.83 | 4.4% | #7 of 26 | $4.71 | #12 of 26 | 0 | |
| Mars Iwai Bourbon Barrel Whisky | $107.99 | observed | $100.79 | $97.76 | 3.0% | #4 of 26 | $4.56 | #9 of 26 | 0 | |
| Mars Iwai Tradition Japanese Blended Whisky | $116.99 | observed | $109.19 | $104.85 | 4.0% | #5 of 26 | $4.94 | #13 of 26 | 0 | |
| Nikka Coffey Grain Japanese Whisky | $134.99 | observed | $88.00 | $83.12 | 5.5% | #10 of 26 | $5.43 | #14 of 26 | 0 | |
| Nikka Miyagiko SM Aromatic Yeast | $370.00 | observed | $370.00 | $293.82 | 20.6% | #19 of 26 | $14.25 | #23 of 26 | 0 | |
| Nikka Miyagikyo Japanese Whisky | $135.99 | observed | $120.00 | $113.92 | 5.1% | #8 of 26 | $5.47 | #15 of 26 | 0 | |
| Nikka Whisky Coffey Malt Whisky | $141.99 | observed | $98.99 | $92.09 | 7.0% | #12 of 26 | $3.54 | #2 of 26 | 0 | |
| Nikka Whisky From The Barrel Japanese Whisky | $74.99 | observed | $107.80 | $97.02 | 10.0% | #14 of 26 | $3.70 | #3 of 26 | 1 | |
| Nikka Whisky Yoichi Single Malt Japanese Whisky | $135.99 | observed | $135.99 | $128.81 | 5.3% | #9 of 26 | $5.47 | #16 of 26 | 0 | |
| Nikka Yoichi SM Aromatic Yeast | $370.00 | observed | $370.00 | $289.12 | 21.9% | #20 of 26 | $13.96 | #22 of 26 | 0 | |
| Shinobu Lightly Peated Pure Malt Whiskey | $150.99 | observed | $150.99 | $109.13 | 27.7% | #24 of 26 | $4.63 | #10 of 26 | 0 | |
| Suntory Toki Black | $88.99 | observed | $88.99 | $79.18 | 11.0% | #16 of 26 | $3.75 | #4 of 26 | 0 | |
| Tenjaku Blended Japanese Whisky | $91.99 | observed | $71.00 | $70.13 | 1.2% | #1 of 26 | $4.16 | #6 of 26 | 0 | |
| The Chita Japanese Whisky | $102.99 | observed | $99.00 | $96.53 | 2.5% | #3 of 26 | $4.34 | #7 of 26 | 2 | |
| The Shinobu Blended Japanese Whisky | $109.99 | observed | $89.00 | $86.86 | 2.4% | #2 of 26 | $4.63 | #11 of 26 | 0 | |
| The Shinobu Pure Malt 10 Year Old Japanese Whisky | $197.99 | observed | $169.00 | $112.17 | 33.6% | #26 of 26 | $8.34 | #21 of 26 | 0 | |
| The Shinobu Pure Malt Japanese Whisky | $146.99 | observed | $146.99 | $106.90 | 27.3% | #23 of 26 | $4.42 | #8 of 26 | 0 | |
| Toki Blended Japanese Whisky | $69.95 | observed | $69.95 | $64.52 | 7.8% | #13 of 26 | $2.95 | #1 of 26 | 0 | |
| Tokinoka Japanese Whisky | $117.99 | observed | $165.19 | $154.74 | 6.3% | #11 of 26 | $7.48 | #19 of 26 | 0 | |
| Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky | $347.99 | observed | $376.00 | $268.17 | 28.7% | #25 of 26 | $14.65 | #24 of 26 | 0 | |
| Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve Whisky | $169.99 | observed | $184.99 | $163.66 | 11.5% | #17 of 26 | $7.16 | #18 of 26 | 0 |