- Nose: 23 Palate: 24 Finish: 24 Balance: 24 Total: 95
- Nose: Light peat, sherry and dried fruit
- Palate: Bacon, strawberries, prunes, milk chocolate
- Finish: Long, juicy pressed raisins, a hint of peat, and some brine
- Balance: Super smooth - doesn't seem like 59% ABV. It's like a mellower Lagavulin
- Type: Single Malt
- Age: 24
- ABV: 59%
- Distiller: Mars Shinshu
- Where made: Miyada, Nagano Prefecture JAPAN
- Region: Japan
- Approximate Price: $600
- Value: POOR
Tasted this spectacular whisky at Bar Fuji (Fukuoka, Japan). This single-cask whisky was distilled in 1991, matured for 24 years in a sherry cask (Cask # 157), and bottled in 2015 for Fukuoka Whisky Talk 2015.