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Taketsuru 17 Years Old

Taketsuru

Taketsuru

17 Years Old

Nikka

ABV: 43%

Age: 17 Years Old

Style: Blended

Country: Japan

Region: N/A

Bottling: Nikka

Overall
Score

6.6

Tasting Notes

Nose

Blackcurrant Ribena, tingling and fragrant.

Palate

A surprise - full, grungey,peaty, and spicy.

Finish

Peaty,with that Japanese fungal thing again,and long.

Comment

A savoury whisky to accompany smoked cheese of pickled fish?

Taster Score

6.8

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