Funny manga-like label. Colour: amber. Nose: really unusual, starting on lots of coal and wood smoke as well as smoked ham. A smokehouse? Goes on with interesting notes of wet newspaper (wet paper and ink) and then various spices such as Chinese anise, cardamom, coriander… Hints of burnt caramel, matchsticks… Then we have notes of cheese (comté, gruyere), Chinese sour sauce, blackcurrant leaves… Unusual and very interesting, this Hanyu. Mouth: really punchy and very woody but it’s a very nice woodiness (no excessive dryness). Lots of dried fruits (longans, figs) as well as quite some tobacco (chewed Havana ;-)), cinnamon, sultanas, white pepper, overripe bananas… Gets very peppery after that, with even chilli, especially at the long and very spicy finish. A great example of a hugely oaky, yet very enjoyable malt.

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