Kanosuke Double Distillery

This unique blend by Japanese distillery Kanosuke combines its flagship acclaimed single malt with the brand's Hioki Pot Still whisky, produced with malted and unmalted barley at the Hioki distillery. The result – overseen by respective distillers Yoshitsugu and Norihisa Komasa – brings the distinct character of both together in a flavourful and idiosyncratic blended whisky.
 
Winner of best blended whisky in Japan by the World Whisky Awards.
 
TASTING NOTES
The nose is a rich one, with a fruity base bringing together cantaloupe, lemon zest and fresh apricot, this accented by slivers of spicy oak and a solid note of vanilla. On the palate, the whisky is heavy and flavorful. Holding center stage is creamy vanilla coupled to a fruit cocktail of canned peaches and pears, with those slivers of spicy wood bringing things into some balance with wood tannin, cinnamon and clove. The finish runs long, woody and spicy.