Very good review score, 88 out of 100
Pepper, peat, candied orange and raisins dominate, while the reviewer praises this whisky as an excellent exception to the usual peat-and-PX pairing.
- black pepper
- blood orange
- fruitcake
- marmalade
- +8 more
Hombo Shuzo's second whisky distillery, built at the company's founding site in Tsunuki, Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima, and completed on 7 November 2016. It makes the Tsunuki single malts, contributes malt to The Y.A. and Mars Malt Le Papillon, and also matures Komagatake spirit for the Tsunuki Aging releases.
Pepper, peat, candied orange and raisins dominate, while the reviewer praises this whisky as an excellent exception to the usual peat-and-PX pairing.
Peaty, medicinal and smoky at first, it opens with water into fresh lemony peat, rounded by lemon marmalade, ashes and a hint of eucalyptus.
A streamlined whisky of superb lemony and chalky purity, with yellow fruits, grapefruit and a charming hint of tar.