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Ex-Bourbon ageing finished in a Japanese mizunara oak cask over 18 years from a 1991 Hanyu vintage, bottled at 57.3% cask strength for Germany in 2009, where the sandalwood and incense of Japanese oak adds an aromatic signature to the closed Saitama distillery’s fruit-led character.
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Hanyu 18 Years Old 1991 is a single cask single malt distilled at the closed Hanyu distillery in Saitama Prefecture in 1991 and bottled in 2009 at cask strength for the German market. One of two 1991 vintage Hanyu expressions in this release sequence to use a mizunara finish, it reflects Ichiro Akuto's deliberate deployment of Japanese oak as a maturation tool for the rescued Toa Shuzo stocks.
The cask history begins in Ex-Bourbon and completes in a Japanese mizunara oak cask, the porous and aromatic wood that is one of the signature elements of Japanese whisky at its most distinctive. Sandalwood, incense and a subtle coconut note are the hallmarks of mizunara, and over 18 years from bourbon into Japanese oak, those aromatic layers build alongside the cereal and fruit character typical of the Hanyu house style. At 57.3% the profile is presented with considerable intensity.
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