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NINE LEAVES 2017 Ex-Russian Oak Small Batch

$245.00

On the advice of Ichiro Akuto, owner of the Chichibu distillery, Yoshiharu Takeuchi equipped Nine Leaves with stills from the Scottish company Forsyth’s Ltd, located in Rothes in Speyside.

The wash still, large and squat, resembles those at Chichibu, while the spirit still, particularly tall with its long swan neck, evokes the boil ball stills of Glenmorangie, allowing for the production of a very pure distillate.

Aged in a Russian oak cask, this version, eager for adventure, initially explores the world of fine sweet wines from Rivesaltes and Jurançon. Then, in a second phase, wonderfully herbal, it strides through the Highlands.

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SKU: 67058 Categories: , , Brand: Volume: 70clReference: 67058

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Tasting Notes


Colour
: Golden yellow.

Nose : Ample, smooth. Very fruity (mirabelle plum, pear, apple), medicinal (ointment, bandage), honeyed (acacia), and empyreumatic (burnt wood, incense), the aromatic profile is particularly radiant. On aeration, it evolves towards more vinous notes (muscat, petit manseng) and fibrous ones (sugarcane).

Palate : Lively, refined. The flavor profile is gradually covered by a pleasant herbal bitterness (cut hay, alfalfa). Remarkably fresh, it becomes both smoothly vanilla and saline over time.

Finish : Long, soft. Now resting on a chocolaty bitterness, the tasting transports you into the middle of a sugarcane field, while cane sugar spreads all around the palate. Dense, the retro-olfaction is vanilla-like, fibrous, liqueur-like, and rooty (ginseng).

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Weight 1.000 kg
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