Nose: Cherry Ripes, blood oranges, honey, toffee, tree resin, white peach, whole meal dough, Turkish delights.
Palate: Fig jam, Turkish delights, madeira, poppy seed and orange cake, toffee, honey, ginger, ginger bread, salt and a little pepper.
Finish: Ginger bread, honey, figs, dates, nutmeg, salt and some drying tannins.
Last Word: Hard to believe this is a blend. Amazing quality-price ratio at only $23 for a 750ml bottle.
Rating: 86/100
An easy drinker from the start. After twenty minutes in the glass, it loses the mild alcohol notes on the forepalate, leaving only sweetness and light.
Sounds like a great dram, and that value-for-money is staggering. Was this a Japan purchase or did you manage to mail order it in? Thanks for all the great reviews and letting us drink vicariously through you!
Was an order I had shipped Max. I tend to buy single cask whisky when I am in Japan.
Thanks, I love doing the ‘research’ for the tasting notes. ; )
Thanks, and keep on keeping on! I’ll have a squizz for this whisky online. Rakuten doesn’t have it in stock, sadly.
Sounds like you’d need at least a dozen, because it would disappear rapidly!
Sounds delicious – I can’t wait to try it!
Lovely – I was waiting for this review! Yep, good O’l cheery ripes….a stellar blend.
Had to put it together between hay fever attacks.