Japan’s Fuji, well-known for its single grain whisky assortment, has made a relatively pure enlargement of late, transferring into malted barley — a method for which Japan (and Scotland, in fact) is significantly better identified. The 100% Japanese malt whiskey is produced at Gotemba Distillery the place it’s distilled utilizing quite a lot of nonetheless types — “Scottish copper pot stills, Canadian-style multi-column distillation, and American bourbon strategies” — earlier than being aged in “a spread of casks, together with American white oak and French oak pink wine barrels” and proofed with meltwater from the slopes of Mt. Fuji.
No age assertion is obtainable.
Let’s give this one a spin.
Fuji Single Malt Japanese Whisky Evaluate
With this single malt, Fuji’s grasp blender Jota Tanaka showcases a transparent mastery of the type and a really good use of varied vessels for growing old. The nostril is contemporary and evenly fruity, showcasing mild apple and pear components alongside sweetened cereal, some toasted coconut shreds, and a lingering herbaceousness. By no means overwhelming, the natural be aware threads the needle between expressed mint and tobacco, with latent potpourri notes lingering.
The palate acquits itself equally, candy up prime with a burst of fruit that speaks to apple and banana earlier than layering in some pepper and baking spice. Right here the sweetness is moderated, displaying off cracker-crisp granary components, some pink pepper, and a contact of toasted sesame. There’s ample caramel and vanilla to complement the later levels of the palate with extra effusive dessertiness, in the end evoking pastry cream on the end and a reprise of fruit, right here barely citrusy.
Successfully similar to a youthful however well-crafted Speyside single malt, it’s a showcase of Japanese craftsmanship (if the value is exceptionally excessive for a NAS providing).
92 proof.
A- / $100
Fuji Single Malt Japanese Whisky
USD100
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