Hanyu Ichiro 1991 Two of Diamonds Bottled 2008 Bourbon

Hanyu Ichiro's Malt 23 Year Old

Hanyu Distillery was located in a town of the same name, 70 kilometres north of Tokyo. The original company was founded from a family business originally established in 1626 by the Akuto family, sake makers in the town of Chichibu. In 1941 Isouji Akuto, representing the 19th generation of the Akuto family, built a factory in Hanyu to produce...

Score 87/100

Hanyu 17 Year Old 1990 Single Cask #9511

The Hanyu distillery is no more. The firm goes back to the 17th Century, but only since 1980 do they distill whisky (before they made sake, of course) after installing two pot stills. The distillery was built during the Second World War in the town of the same name a little northwest of Tokyo, close to the river Tone. However, in 2000 it went...

Score 88/100

Hanyu Ichiro's Malt Seven of Spades

This is one of the very last expressions in Ichiro Akuto’s “Card Series”. It was distilled in 1990 and matured in a hogshead before being finished in a cognac cask (cask #525). It was released in 2012. The nose is light and surprisingly sweet, possibly due to the cognac cask finish? Notes of vanilla are followed by lemons, fudge and crème brûlée....

Score 86/100

Hanyu 1991 Ichiro's Malt 20 Year Old single cask #5722

Hanyu Distillery was located in a town of the same name, 70 kilometres north of Tokyo. The original company was founded from a family business originally established in 1626 by the Akuto family, sake makers in the town of Chichibu. In 1941 Isouji Akuto, representing the 19th generation of the Akuto family, built a factory in Hanyu to produce...

Score 86/100