Suntory Hakushu 12 Year Old

Just this past weekend, I had the pleasure of trying this Hakushu 12. I must say, I am fond of everything Japanese, especially Japanese whiskies.

It is a delicate whisky. Starts sweet, Apples, pears, delicate sherry, slighty herbal, hay, semi floral, macadamia nuts, delicate peat and a slight grip tartness on the tongue, that kind of faded while it sat in the Glencairns for a few minutes. It finishes rather quickly and dry with subtle peat smoke lingering. Adding water, it softened greatly, becoming even more delicate and velvety.

This whisky is reminiscent to Old Pulteney 12, with a tad of smoke and not as briny. Very well balanced; a virtue that seems to predominate every facet of Japanese culture.

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