Kanosuke Double Distillery

Kanosuke Double Distillery, NAS, 53%

This is a Japanese blended malt made from pot still whisky made at the Hioki Distillery and single malt whisky produced at the Kanosuke Distillery, both in Kagoshima, Japan, and both owned by Komaza Jyozo. See the official product page for more info.

The Kanosuke Double Distillery is available in Norway at NOK 1400.

Nose: Orchard fruits, rowan berries and rhubarb, joined by earthy vanilla, cinnamon and freshly turned black soil. With time, simple syrup adds sweetness alongside increasingly vegetal notes.

Taste: Full bodied. Bigger and bolder than the two components individually, with richer fruitiness and spiciness playing across a wider register. Somewhat more oaky in character as well.

Finish: Medium long. Soft oakiness persists, accompanied by peppermint, cinnamon, ginger and rhubarb. Mildly bitter and briny towards the end.

Comment: Bigger, bolder and intriguingly earthy. 

Score 86/100

Sláinte!
-Thomas