Haku, meaning "white" in Japanese, is Suntory's premium craft vodka — a spirit built from the purity of Japanese white rice (hakumai) rather than the wheat or potato base found in most Western vodkas. Made at The House of Suntory, it's a quietly refined addition to Japan's celebrated distilling tradition.
On the nose, Haku offers delicate notes of cardamom and bitter lemon with a cooling touch of mint. The palate reveals soft, rounded tropical and subtly resinous notes over a silky rice-derived sweetness, before a clean, sweet peppermint finish that lingers gently. Serve well chilled and neat, or shaken into a Haku Fizz or classic Vodka Martini, where its softness keeps other flavours in balance.
Haku is double-distilled and filtered through bamboo charcoal, a technique borrowed from Suntory's whisky-making heritage, which strips away impurities while preserving the rice's natural character. It's a fitting expression of Suntory's century-long philosophy of monozukuri — meticulous, craft-driven spirit making.
