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Hellyers Road
American Oak 18
Mars
Tsunuki Peated
COUNTRY
Australia
ABV - PROOF
56.4% - 112.8
PRICE
$ 230 - € 220
COUNTRY
Japan
ABV - PROOF
50% - 100
PRICE
$ 180 - € 130
A FRUIT BOMB WITH CHOCOLATE NUTS.
Hellyers Road from Tasmania is not new in releasing similar
expressions. This American Oak 18yo #2269.03 is a single
cask, double distilled single malt created exclusively for Kirsch
Import in Germany and The Nectar in Belgium.
It boasts a true explosion of flavors: there is a fragrant, fresh
tangerine dimension, sweet lemon, pineapple. With time it
turns into reddish fruit, with rounded and balanced plums
and wet sultanas paired by salty fresh butter. The palate
features high intensity and remarkable roundness, with toffee,
burnt sugar, and sultanas, all this covered in sweet/dark
spices. Some chocolate-covered almonds. Distant woody
aromas as well. Extremely rewarding.
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YELLOW FRUIT WITH MINERAL PEAT.
Created with peated malted barley from Scotland and distilled
twice discontinuously in pot stills in Tsunuki Distillery,
located in Kagoshima Prefecture, during the winters of 2016
and 2017. It was then aged for at least 3 years in ex-bourbon
oak barrels, for a production of 14,830 bottles total.
Very expressive, with a basket of mixed yellow fruit, with
various degrees of ripeness (apple, medlar, pineapple, lemon).
Something crunchy. The spicy side speaks of black
and white pepper. The sweetness is contained, classy, good
quality vanilla pod. A slight hint of mineral peat. In a second
moment comes a remarkable creaminess, providing an almost
buttery sensation.
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