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Hokuto 12 Years Old

Brand Hokuto
Expression 12 Years Old
Type Japanese Whisky / Single Malt
Age 12 Year Old
Abv 40.00%
Produced at Suntory (Tokyo)
Region Japan
Availability Japan
Guide Price £11-£17 (US$18-US$29)
Website http://www.suntory.com

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 56 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet

Nose
A bit restrained. Fruit and oak are well integrated. Watermelon. White peach. A touch of rose syrup. Opens on sweet syrupy notes. Tangerine juice. Polished floor.
Palate
Light and silky. Fruit basket. Malty sweetness at midpalate the drying out on a oaky touch.
Finish
Dry and nutty.
Comment
A pleasant summery dram. Keeps fruity all the way.

Dave Broom

Nose
Crisp and floral with cedar and wood ash/dead BBQ. Once again an almost wheat-like dusty sweetness. Slightly unripe (green banana, floral) and immature.
Palate
A very bright start, crisp, clean and gingery/japaleno. Then becomes a little too sweet: flat Irn-Bru and bubblegum.
Finish
Rather short. Dilute.
Comment
All front loaded, but doesn’t deliver all the way through.

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