Fuji is a storied distillery that earns its title for a distinctly related motive: It’s the closest distillery to Japan’s Mt. Fuji, mere miles away from the bottom of the long-lasting peak. Fuji Single Grain Whiskey is a mix of three totally different grain whiskeys produced on the distillery.
Per the distillery, “these totally different grain whiskeys are distilled in three totally different strategies and possess their very own distinctive taste profiles”:
• Bourbon model: utilizing beer column and doubler stills, excessive rye content material within the mashbill
• Canadian model: utilizing a kettle nonetheless in a batch course of, making a wealthy profile
• Scotch model: utilizing 5 totally different column stills, with steady distillation, for a lighter model
Introduced with no age assertion, we have been lucky to style this distinctive single grain whiskey, simply now launching for the primary time within the U.S., by way of Zoom, guided by Fuji’s grasp distiller Jota Tanaka.
The nostril is mild however grain-forward, offering a modest fragrant profile that hints solely tangentially at fruit parts, extra charred barrel notes drowning out the stone fruit, barely syrup-laced, beneath. The palate shifts gears utterly. Right here fruit wholly takes over the expertise. So many grain whiskeys have a drained high quality of doughy breakfast cereal that dominates the palate, however Fuji feels extremely full of life and centered on its apple and pear parts, notes of brown sugar and butterscotch — touched flippantly with florals — dominating utterly. Far more overtly pleasurable than your typical grain whiskey bottling — even most very well-aged ones — Fuji proves as soon as once more that Japan is aware of its means not simply round distilling but additionally mixing. Distinctive stuff.
92 proof.
A- / $95 / fujiwhisky.com
Fuji Single Grain Japanese Whiskey
$95
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