green apple Palate: sweet pear
outside Kyoto – Japan’s ancient capital and stronghold of traditional Japanese culture
named for the 19th century New Orleans bartender credited with changing the base spirit of the Sazerac cocktail from Cognac to rye
sweet pipe tobacco round out the spices
Miyagikyo was built in 1969 by the Nikka Whisky company
William Larue Weller 2014 BTAC - 750ml Sherry Oak green apple Palate: sweet pearThe 2014 expression was bottled from 39 barrels that saw a 62. 3% loss to evaporation, totaling by our estimate, only 3,933 bottles released this year. NOSE At 140. 2 proof, the nose surprisingly has a lack of alcohol scent to it. Instead, it has wonderful sweet notes of vanilla, caramel, confectionery sugar and fried dough, which are all in full force here. It may not have the most unique scented nose, but its amazingly rich and pleasant. palate Dark