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Product Description
A single cask from the Karuizawa distillery, this is accomplished stuff, with great texture and plenty of well-defined flavours. Impressive.
Product Facts
Product Facts
Country
Japan
Cask Number
3397
Colouring
Yes
Karuizawa 1988 Bot. 2007 Cask 3397
70cl / 59.8%
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes by Martine Nouet
Nose
Rich, complex oaky notes which slowly unwind to release stewed fruit. Cooked apricots. Apple compote. Wood is well integrated. When aerated, some luscious coffee notes.
Palate
Frisky, a bit sharp. Gets sherbety. Then a malty sweetness tries to calm the game but spices block the way.
Finish
Dry, biting, spicy.
Comment
The nose does not say it all. The old man is still sprightly.
Tasting Notes by Dave Broom
Nose
Deep and mature yet with sufficient freshness to give it lift. Humus and fresh fennel. Quite restrained yet funky.
Palate
Good feel. Creamy, sweet and quite hot with a deep, solid centre. Light tannins. Powerful with real depth. Blossoms on the back palate.
Finish
Rich and fruity.
Comment
Does that paradoxical and very Japanese thing of being able to have real lift while going deep at the same time.
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Customer Reviews
For sure a magnificent bottle ! Just took the last drops. Though I'm a 'cask' man, I everytime I tasted it, considered wether to add water. I did not at any point :-)