• 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.