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Tenjaku Blended Japanese Whisky, 40%

Price: 40 Issue: Summer 2020 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick Category: Japanese Whisky

This blend is made in Fuefuki, west of Tokyo, and seems custom-built for great Highballs. The nose presents fresh pear, baked pastry, straw, and slightly smoky roasted spices: coriander seed, peppercorn, and aniseed ball. It lacks body initially, with sweet orange, fruit syrups, and ginger root spiciness, but then it restores your faith with flavors of tropical fruits, vanilla, and orange cake, and a hot ‘n' spicy peppery finish.