Rum Nine Leaves 2020 PX Sherry Casks Two of pao Small Batch Japan 59 %vol 0,7l Otsu Shiga

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Rum Nine Leaves 2020 PX Sherry Casks Two of Pao Unsun Karuta Small Batch Japan 59%vol 0.7l Otsu Shiga. Limited rum from a closed distillery.

Nose: Powerful and deep, medicinal (balm), chocolatey, lightly spicy (cinnamon, ginger), green (sugarcane field), opulently floral (tuberose, iris).  Blood orange, linden honey, forest (mushrooms, chestnuts).

Palate: Lively, full-bodied, fibrous (sugarcane), empyreumatic (ash, burnt wood), fruity (date, fig) and honey-like (lavender). Over time, marmalade, quince jelly, and vanilla gain intensity.

Finish: Silky and lean, salted caramel, tropical mango, persimmon, guava.  Pedro Ximénez cask,  medicinal, chocolatey, herbal.

Nine Leaves 2020 - PX Sherry Casks was created from two sherry casks, offering a profound interplay of opulently floral, lively, and fruitily fresh notes

Between 2013 and 2023, Yoshiharu Takeuchi distilled rum of outstanding quality using traditional techniques otherwise used exclusively for single malt whiskies. Yoshiharu Takeuchi repeatedly delighted us with exciting bottlings from his small pot still setup. In 2021, we received 60 bottles of the American Oak Rum, which was matured for a full 3 years in American oak. 

In the distillery's early years, Yoshi released several Angel's Half bottlings. However, the first products were aged only 6 months or 1 year and were therefore comparatively very young. After 3 years of cask maturation, this new rum appears significantly darker and more mature. In terms of flavor, it impresses with an enormous leap forward from an aromatic perspective. Greater complexity and more depth clearly set it apart from its predecessors!

NINE LEAVES is a craft distillery founded in 2013 in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, by Yoshiharu Takeuchi, named after his family crest, the nine-leaf bamboo leaf.

 With high standards for quality, Takeuchi built his micro-distillery. He uses muscovado sugar (pure, raw cane sugar), which is highly significant in Japan and is made exclusively from Japanese sugarcane. After double distillation, a very pure, clear rum emerges, presenting itself on the nose with a very fruity bouquet and, compared with other unaged rum varieties, showing a wide diversity of aromas. This white Nine Leaves Clear, with its fruity notes, is reminiscent of a blend of fruit brandy, rum, and rhum agricole. But above all, with the young cask-aged bottlings, Takeuchi has shown in recent years just how good young rum can be.  His willingness to experiment with a wide variety of casks (American oak, French oak, ex-Cabernet Sauvignon, ex-brandy, ex-sherry PX, and much more) leaves nothing to be desired. The comparatively low age of the youngest bottlings from 2014 at 6 months and the now oldest from 2019 at 4 years is by no means too young or unbalanced; rather, it exceeds all expectations and leaves us eagerly anticipating the upcoming bottlings.

The great variety and regularly released new bottlings have now also made the rounds among collectors and are very popular.

Monozukuri - this is the driving force behind the passion to create a perfect product. Yoshiharu Takeuchi pursues the production of his rum with precisely this Japanese passion for craftsmanship and continues to surprise. Nine Leaves is one to watch with great anticipation for the upcoming bottlings. Since only small quantities are produced, with an average of just 80 to 120 bottles coming to Germany, you should decide quickly!

-This product is sold only to persons aged 18 and over! 
-Shipping within Germany is free for orders over 150 €.

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