Kanosuke – 2022 Limited Edition Cask Strength (70cl, 59%)

A single malt from Kanosuke Distillery in Kagoshima, Japan, bottled at a cask strength of 59% in a 70cl bottle as the 2022 limited edition. It was distilled in 2017-19 from unpeated malt, using all three of the distillery's pot stills. The whisky is a blend of barrels aged in several kinds of oak, with sherry casks as the key component, and it was married after three years of maturation. The colour is reddish amber. Lemon tea, honey, ume plum and Japanese cinnamon lead the nose. The palate shows dried berries, coffee candy and old wood, and the finish is spicy with a lingering, pleasant bittersweetness.