COUNTRY: Japan
ABV (PROOF): 48% (96)
PRICE: $ 90 | € 95
TYPE: Cane Juice Rum
Made from Muscovado brown sugar (called Kokuto in Japan), a pure unrefined cane sugar, it’s distilled twice in pot-stills and then aged for a year in ex-Cabernet Sauvignon casks of the Californian Wente Vineyard among the mountains of Shiga Prefecture.
This rum is a triumph of Japanese precision in wisely weighting the influence of ex-wine casks. It shows a nose of delicate fresh berries and youthful winey scents. The sip is fresh and joyful, more akin to a single malt than a rum, with peppery hints, fragrant biscuits, and edible flowers.
92Among the rums tested in blind tastings and reviews throughout the year, those scoring the best get reselected. These products were then tried once again in a new blind tasting, which means not knowing what they are during the tasting. The only indication on the sample concerns the ABV content: a red mark states that the product has an ABV higher than 50% (100° proof). The test results are then compared, and the TOP 10 is made.
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