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Hanyu Ichiro's Malt Card Series - Nine of Spades 20 Year Old, Hogshead & Cream Sherry Butt Cask, Cask #9022, 2010, 52.4%
Ichiro's Malt

Hanyu Ichiro's Malt Card Series - Nine of Spades 20 Year Old, Hogshead & Cream Sherry Butt Cask, Cask #9022, 2010, 52.4%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 52
Average Score
Avg 88
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Description

A Japanese malt distillery located in the town of the same name. It developed immense collectable status following its closure in 2000 after the famous "Card" series was bottled by Ichiro's Malt. The Hanyu distillery closed in 2000 and was dismantled in 2004. Ichiro Akuto, grandson of the founder, rescued the remaining stocks and created the "Ichiro's Malt Card Series," a collection of single cask releases featuring unique playing card motifs. This series has become legendary among whisky collectors due to its rarity. This particular bottling is the Nine of Spades from the 1990 vintage, bottled in 2010.

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Cask type
Hogshead & Cream Sherry Butt
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Unpeated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
9022
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
584
Has box
No
Closure
Driven Cork
Presentation
N.A
Series highlights
Ichiro's Malt Card Series
Historical context
Hanyu distillery closed in 2000 and was dismantled in 2004. Ichiro Akuto rescued the remaining stocks and created the 'Ichiro's Malt Card Series'.
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Warming and full of sherry at first nosing. This is the typical sherry casked whisky aroma with notes of chocolate, raisins and prunes. Some burnt marble cake as well. Very well made, all nice and pleasant.
Palate
Powerful, rich and - no surprise - dominated by heavy sherry aromas at first mouthfeel. Sweet, tons of sherry but also a touch of aceto balsamico. The prunes are still there and I am getting notes of dark toffee as well.
Finish
Very long, becomes more alcoholic reminding schnapps pralines. Further the sherry dominates more and more until it tastes like concentrated sherry extract.
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