90
Score
Ichiro's Malt & Grain (Batch 17), 46.5%
Price: ● Issue: Fall 2020 ● Reviewer: Jonny McCormick ● Category: Japanese Whisky
A unifying blend of 10 year old Chichibu, with select stocks of American, Canadian, Irish, and scotch whiskies matured in Japan, produces a nose of toffee apple, firm caramel, milk chocolate, ground hazelnut, roasted fennel seed, chopped cilantro stalks, green banana, and struck match. Cereal-led palate with Golden Grahams, light fruits of apricot, peach, and melon, base notes of pepper, moving through butterscotch, toffee, maple syrup, and crème caramel. (U.S. Exclusive)
