9 年威士忌

The age statement on a whisky label tells you the age of the youngest whisky in the bottle. What does this mean? Put simply, a bottle of whisky may contain whiskies matured in a number of different casks for different periods of time. If the label says that the whisky is 9 Years Old (or 九 Years Old) then, although it may contain older whiskies, you can be certain that none of the components are any younger than 9 years.

Once a whisky is bottled it ceases its maturation, unlike wine which continues to age in the bottle, so 九 year old whisky is frozen in time and will be considered 9 forever.