Karuizawa 17 Years Old

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

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Discrete. Rather bland. A medicinal touch (tar cream). Wood varnish. Palate Sweet. Peaty, medicinal. Hint of seaweed and iodine. But not as pungent as an Islay malt. A cardboardy note. Finish Dry; slightly hot. Spicy. Comment A marine character but more whispering than speaking up.

Dave Broom Nose The first whisky I’ve ever come across which smells like hickory-smoked dry roast peanuts. Pimenton. Dense and oily, but that hickory note is all pervading. Palate And it’s there on the palate as well alongside a slightly artificial rose note. Splits on the palate, between the slick and the dry. Finish The slick wins on the finish. Comment Just plain odd.