Nose: Baking spices, cafe late, raspberry conserve, Arnott’s savoury shapes biscuits, raisin toast with butter, BBQ sauce, oyster sauce, orange cake.
Palate: Black cherries, raspberry conserve, figs, Cognac, BBQ sauce, oyster sauce(umami), orange & vanilla cake, Kalua.
Finish: Wood tannins, Kalua coffee and choc mint.
Last Word: I usually favor Yamazaki Sherry Cask matured malts over Hakushu Sherry Cask matured. The earthy/foresty house style of Hakushu mostly seems a little at odds with the typical sherry cask such as Oloroso or PX. These Bota Corta Casks however seem to be a match made in heaven for Hakushu whisky.
*Tasted at Bar Te-Airigh Chichibu

Rating: 91/100