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Product Description
Five of Spades is a full-strength Hanyu from 2000, the last year of produciton at the distillery. Finished in a refill sherry cask, this is part of the Ichiro's Card Series.
Product Facts
Product Facts
Bottling Date
2008
No of Bottles
632
Country
Japan
Cask Type
Refill Sherry
Cask Number
9601
Chill Filtered
No
Colouring
Yes
Hanyu Ichiro 2000 Five of Spades Bot 2008 Sherry Finish
70cl / 60.5%
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes by Tim F
N
Some alluring notes here under the expected alcohol prickle (it is 60.5% after all). Takes a long, long time to open up at full strength. Eventually I got some hot-buttered toast, malt loaf, raisins. Develops some very nutty aromas - hazelnut, almond, walnut whips. Old seasoned wood - more than you'd expect for a whisky of such relative youth.N with water: Much more genial and approachable, naturally. Strong notes of polished wood, and waves of very clean malt, with a hint of briar / berries. Again, more noticeable wood influence than expected.
P
Big nuttiness to the fore, but again, at full strength the alcohol is almost too much to handle. This definitely needs a drop or two of water. (With water): Woody and peppery, with dried apricots, lingering spices, nuts and a hint of tweed.
F
Pretty hot at full strength. Water tames it but it remains very long, with hot, lingering chilli pepper and woody spices.
C
A real curio. For a young whisky it seems both very heavily-wood influenced and also quite old-fashioned in style. Certainly if tasted blind I'd have made a fool of myself - I'd never have picked this as Japanese, and probably would have guessed it as a 15-18 yrs old Highlander. Definitely needs water.