Seems young overall, with its heavy organic off-notes – but there is definitely something very Japanese about it, with reasonable complexity for a blend. Slight funk, suggesting a lightly peated element in the blend. Unfortunately, I am also getting paint thinner (turpentine) and nail polish remover (acetone). Surprisingly, I’m detecting signs of Mizunara oak. There’s a soft floral component (rosewater?). Nose: Caramel, vanilla and honey to start. Given the dark colour, I’m sure caramel colouring has been used. If nothing else, I love the label design.īottled at 40% ABV. But for the sake of the local enthusiast community, I thought I’d take a plunge and buy a bottle. Given the incredible demand for Japanese whisky, I’m a little dubious as to what BBC Spirits would have been able to source at the moment. FYI, Honshu is the main island of Japan – and eight out of the nine currently operating whisky distilleries are located there. FUYU is a powerful and generous blend, true expression of the Japanese cellar masters’ blending know-how. Our handcrafted blended whisky comes from several distilleries, on Honshu island, that have been carefully selected by BBC. Here is what BBC Spirits website has to say about this blend:įUYU means WINTER. The former and latter statements at least give some reassurance that it is actually Japanese whisky in the bottle. So what to make of Fuyu? The label doesn’t have a lot of detail, other than to state it is blended Japanese whisky, small batch (which is meaningless on a whisky), and a product of Japan. At the moment, a lot Scottish and Canadian whisky is making its way to Japan to be bottled by these companies – in fancy-looking bottles meant to mimic the established distillers. There are many new entries on the shelves – but from Japanese spirit makers who either don’t distill whisky, or have just started operations (and are therefore sourcing their whisky from elsewhere for sale). On a trip to Tokyo last month, I was dismayed by how much prices have increased (and availability decreased) for all the standard bottlings of the established distillers. Japanese whisky is unquestionably all the rage right now. Of course, when that whisky is a custom blend by a wine and spirits merchant based in Bordeaux, France (BBC Spirits), one also has to take a moment’s pause. It’s not every day a new Japanese whisky shows up at the LCBO here in Ontario, Canada – especially at $70 CAD for a 700mL bottle.
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