Hanyu – 1990/2006 16 Year Old Queen of Hearts, Ichiro's Malt (70cl, 54.6%)

This is a 16 year old Hanyu single cask, the Queen of Hearts in the Ichiro's Malt Card series. It was distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2006 at 54.6% ABV, in a 70cl bottle. The whisky matured first in a hogshead and was then finished in a French oak ex-Cognac cask. Cask 9102 produced 324 bottles. Ichiro Akuto of Venture Whisky acquired the remaining Hanyu casks after the distillery halted production in 2000. The Card series that followed runs to 58 releases, each with a playing card label.