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Hanyu 1990/2009 (53%, Full Proof, cask #9305, 200 bottles)
This is the sequel to the funny Hanyu that was bearing Pete McPeat and Jack Washback on its label!
Colour: amber.
Nose: it’s the sherry that talks here, with raisins, prunes and milk chocolate plus a discreet but interesting touch of fruity Swiss cheese. Touches of brown sauce as well, maybe Marmite – or maybe not. Coal smoke. It’s rather big whisky. With water: wowie, water made wonders yet again! This time it’s all the raisins of the creation that line up, from sultanas to Corinthians and from Smyrnians to… of well, it’s just great.
Mouth (neat): rich and creamy, spicy and jammy, with touches of ripe bananas and honey sauce. Excellent body. A fruity kind of sherry, rather complex. Also notes of liquorice wood. With water: water brings the oak a little more to the front, with more cinnamon and dried cardamom. Also nutmeg.
Finish: long, rather sweeter again. Muscovado sugar and crystallised oranges with some sweet chillies and unexpected notes of plum spirit (zwetschke as they say, quetsche as we say – okay, I’ve heard it’s also called Damascus plum).
Very excellent, full bodied yet fruity and sexy. Had I tried this baby two years ago, I’d have recommended it. Too late I guess. 91 points.
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