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Sakurao Single Malt Japanese Whisky 43%Abv 30ml

Sakurao Single Malt Japanese Whisky 43%Abv 30ml

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Founded in 2017 and inaugurated in 2018, Sakurao Distillery presents its first-ever single malt distilled, aged and blended in the Hiroshima region on the Seto Inland Sea.

Created by Taihei Yamamoto, the House's Master Distiller, Sakurao Single Malt is a foretaste of the character of the young distillery's future bottlings. Made from a combination of bourbon, new American oak and sherry casks, in which the whiskies were matured for three years, the final blend also benefited from several months of maturation in mizunara casks, the famous Japanese oak.

Official notes:

Nose: Raisins, oranges, peaches

Palate: Sweet vanilla with moderate bitterness and sourness

Finish: Smoky, barrel fragrance with a long, deep, sweet aftertaste

There are 3 versions of this first release at different abv's 40%, 43% and cask strength 54%. This is the 43% main release. Sakurao is aged at coastal warehouses near Hiroshima and the Seto inland sea and they produce another style called Togouchi which is aged in a tunnel up in the mountains. Togouchi has been a bit misleading in the past as they aged blends made with Canadian and Scotch Whisky and it was not verey transparent. Any Togouchi single malt or blend with an age statement where the whisky is older than 5 years old will not have been distilled at Sakurao. The brand Sakurao is distilled and matured in Japan but with Togouchi sometimes is not although moving forward will increasingly use exclusively Japanese malt.

Its a sweet and smoky coastal malt. Its a bit young but its good whisky and clearly will be a great whisky when 10 year old whisky is available.

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