Kaiyo the Sherism3
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THE SHERI - TRIPLE WOOD The SHERI KEY POINTS Only 400 cases world wide Filled in Oloroso Casks Then Aged in Mizunara Oak Finished in PX Casks Made from Malted Barley Whisky from Japan MADEIRA DOUBLE MALTED Double MaturedCASK FinalDISTILLED Aging / Ocean MaturedBARLEY Un-Chilltered Kaiyo Means: Ocean Case / 6 Pack 450 LITERS 450 LITERS 250 LITERS OLOROSO SHERRY MIZUNARA PEDRO XIMENEZ (PX) OAK CASK OAK CASK OAK CASK 8 Years in Oloroso 2 Years in Mizunaral 6 Months in PX Sherry Casks Oak Casks Oak Casks Oloroso ("scented" in Spanish) Our pioneering research into Pedro Ximénez (also known is a variety of fortied wine (sherry) the eect of Japanese Mizunara as PX and many other variations) made in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles Oak on whisky maturation has is the name of a white Spanish and produced by oxidative aging. led to the development of bespoke wine grape variety grown in It is normally darker than Amontillado. casks, crafted from slow growth, several Spanish wine regions Oloroso is usually dark and nutty. air-seasoned wood from but most notably in the hand-selected trees. These casks Denominación de Origen (DO) Unlike the Fino and Amontillado are handmade due to Mizunara of Montilla-Moriles. It is used sherries, in Oloroso the or yeast is oaks delicate wood grain. to produce a varietal wine, an suppressed by fortication at an intensely sweet, dark, dessert earlier stage. This causes the nished What makes mizunara oak distinct sherry. It is made by drying wine to lack the fresh yeasty taste of from European oak and White oak? the grapes under the hot sun, the no sherries. Without the layer For one, it enjoys a unique sweet concentrating the sweetness, of or, the sherry is exposed to air and spicy avor prole which can which are then used to create through the slightly porous walls be attributed to the oak lactones a thick, black liquid with a strong of the American or Canadian oak ratio and high level of vanilla. taste of raisins and molasses that casks, and undergoes oxidative aging. Aromas evoked from the mizunara is fortied. As the wine ages, it becomes darker oak are kara, a type of oriental and stronger and is often left for incense, sandalwood, and coconut. many decades. .