Ichiro’s Malt Double Distilleries bottled 2010

Product of: Japan

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Bottled in 2010 and blended by Ichiro Akuto, this is a blend of malts from the former Hanyu Distillery and Ichiro's new Chichibu Distillery - hence the 'Double Distilleries' name. All the malts used were either entirely aged or finished in Japanese wood casks.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 28/09/2011

Appearance:

Clear, bright light golden amber.

Aroma:

(hydrated to approx. 40%) Linseed oily pencil shavings with vanillin, carbolic soap, floral honeysuckle and nashi pear aromas.

Taste:

Voluptuous malty palate awash with dry spicy old wardrobe varnished oak. Indian spice and bone dry slightly smoky oak with sweet liquorice.

Aftertaste:

Slightly smoky, delicately woody (cedar), elegantly spiced with lingering liquorice.