Buy Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2016 Edition Single Malt Whisky Online

Buy Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2016 Edition Single Malt Whisky Online from KL Wine Merchants. Yamazaki Single Malts use 100% malted barley, milled and mashed, then fermented with water from the foothills of Mount Tenno. This is favored by Japan’s legendary tea master Sen No Rikyu. After fermentation, they distill the wash through Suntory’s copper-pot stills, the first of their kind outside Scotland.

Mr. Shinji Fukuyo, chief blender at the Yamazaki distillery, meticulously oversees the production of this expression. To craft this whisky, Fukuyo visits the northern region of Spain to select the Spanish oak for storing the Oloroso Sherry. He carefully manages the entire process, from selecting the wood to charring and aging the sherry. After three years, the seasoned sherry casks return to Suntory’s Yamazaki distillery to mature a blend of over 100 malt whiskies. The unique Japanese environment, with its constant temperature and humidity changes, forces the wood and whisky to interact.

After maturation, Fukuyo selects casks that achieve a delicate balance between the Yamazaki malt and the sherry cask. His precise selection of Spanish oak, the treatment of the sherry casks, and the overall maturation process combine to create an award-winning quality.

Tasting Notes

Inviting notes of sweet caramel on the nose with bright sherry notes, nuttiness, cocoa powder and tobacco. The palate is intense and bittersweet with notes of leather, cigar, and baking spice. The finish is lingering with notes of Madeira, dried plums, herbal tea, and cocoa powder.

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