Fuji Gotemba 17 Years Old

Fuji Gotemba 17 Years Old is a single malt whisky from Kirin's Fuji Gotemba distillery in Shizuoka prefecture, one of Japan's largest and most technically diverse whisky-making sites, established in 1973 at the base of Mt. Fuji. Matured for 17 years, it is a rare age-stated single malt from a producer better known to domestic collectors and bottled at 46% for the Japanese market.

The whisky rests in Ex-Bourbon casks throughout its long maturation, allowing the American oak to give vanilla and coconut alongside the light cereal grain character that defines the Fuji Gotemba house style. No flavour profile was declared for this expression, but the typical Fuji Gotemba single malt develops warm orchard fruit and malty sweetness over extended barrel ageing, arriving at a gentle and integrated 46%.