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Hakushu 12 Years Old

Brand Hakushu
Expression 12 Years Old
Type Japanese Whisky / Single Malt
Age 12 Year Old
Abv 43.00%
Produced at Hakushu Higashi Distillery
Region Japan
Availability Japan, UK, France, Belgium, Russia
Guide Price £71 plus (US$114 plus) NB! This is our upper price guide, but the whisky may sell for considerably more than this.
Website http://www.suntory.co.jp

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.

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