Fukano Distillery Select Japanese Whisky
(700ml) - [WA 91]

About the Whisky:

Sporting a brand-new label and bottle design, the latest limited, annual edition of Fukano is composed of the six casks that comprise 2023’s Single Cask bottlings along with the additional influence of ex-red wine and sherry casks. No two Fukano releases taste alike, and Fukano Select deftly demonstrates the famed distillery’s desire to capture moments in time.

• Annual, limited-release whisky produced with koji by Fukano Distillery in Hitoyoshi City, Japan
• Distilled from 100% rice (malted, unmalted, and koji)
• 21-day parallel fermentation with koji rice
• Single distilled in a stainless steel pot still
• Non-age statement; aged in a combination of new and used white oak, ex-red wine, and ex-Manzanilla sherry casks
  
• Limited release of just 4,172 bottles
• Non-chill filtered; bottled at a cask strength of 43% ABV

Tasting Notes:

• Jammy red fruit and confectionary spice highlight aromas of cinnamon, ripe peach, and stewed strawberry. The palate echoes the nose before veering into brighter spice and higher-toned fruit with dehydrated apple, hints of wet clay, and warm oak on a long morish finish.

Awards/Reviews:

91 Points - Whisky Advocate

"Red apple, dried cherry, cola, and black fruit pastilles on the nose, it’s generously spiced with cinnamon and pepper. The initial sweetness on the palate evaporates rapidly, the strawberry flavor shifts down through damson, prune, and crabapple, showing savory notes of balsamic vinegar, arriving at a final delicious phase heralded by the creaminess and salinity of an oyster with a dash of Tabasco. The finish is restrained, with paprika and concentrated red fruits."