TSUNUKI 7 ans 2017 Uwate Nage Komagatake Aging Bourbon Barrel Itinéraires

Nose : Soft, airy. Scents of verbena, medlar, chalk, straw, artichoke heart, soot, pencil lead and dry peat take their turn on the aromatic palette. When it is aerated, lemon zest and Williams pears spread their fresh, tangy juice upon the whisky.

Palate : Refined and dignified. Resting on a peaty, liquorice base, the palette of flavours abounds with leafy-green, bucolic sequences (alfalfa, dandelion, clover). Then the peat rises to the top, with superb iodine, salt, pepper and medicinal (balsam, sinapism) tones.

Overall : silky and velvety. Vanilla, juicy (pear) and resinous (pine, Vosges candy), the finish is particularly smooth and balanced. Over time, while becoming more earthy, the peat has become gorged with salt and iodine. The empty glass is empyreumatic (smoked meat and fish).