Hakushu 12 Years Old Tasting notes and reviews
Hakushu 12 Years Old
- Brand
- Hakushu
- Expression
- 12 Years Old
- Type
- Japanese Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Age
- 12 years old
- Abv
- 43.00%
- Produced at
- Hakushu Higashi Distillery
- Website
- www.suntory.co.jp
- Availability
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Martine Nouet
75- Nose
- Sweet and floral. Orange blossom, honeysuckle. A delicate lemon note emerges, mingling with bakery aromas. Marshmallow.
- Palate
- Creamy sweetness the nose should have delivered. Quite prickly. Ginger and Tabasco.
- Finish
- Drying, spicy with a touch of cashew nuts.
- Comment
- What you nose is not what you get. The palate is rather coarse as much as the nose is subtle. Water cuts the edges.
Dave Broom
72- Nose
- Very clean and pure. Light grass, some tropical fruit juice, lightly floral and fragrant if a little lean – there's a hint of putty/linseed oil.
- Palate
- Light. Starts sweet, then softens into peach before becoming nutty (praline). Much better on the palate than the rather plain nose. Very well ordered.
- Finish
- Clean, but a little short.
- Comment
- A trembling and rather sensitive wee soul, but a charming afternoon companion.
Whisky Magazine Issue 56
Scotland's Lowlands - Shake it up - China and India - Glengoyne - Indian food - Highlander Inn - Japanese Tastings.
Published June 2006.
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