Hakushu 12 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 64 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Fruity and sweet. Ripe cherry plums, almond milk, acacia honey. Palate Smooth and velvety. A caressing feel, quite thick. Good balance. As fruity as on the nose. Plums with a hint of prunes. Finish Medium, with a pleasant dry spiciness. Soothes down on an almondy note. Comment A perfectly balanced dram. Fruit and spices mingle gently.

Dave Broom Nose Light and grassy and slightly stony to start. In time there’s sweet persimmon and nut. Palate Pure and very clean. Sweet lime, green fruits then a hint of smoke and a buttery meadow sweet/chamomile note. Light to the point of fragility. Finish Honey, lemon and a little ginger. Comment Delicacy to the fore. A breakfast dram if there were ever one.