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| Hello, that is considered one of our (virtually) each day tastings. Santé! |
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August 4, 2021
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Olympic Japanese trios, Day 7/8 |
| That Shizuoka was one thing, let’s have extra… |
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Shizuoka 2019/2020 (61.1%, OB, Japan, quarter cask, cask #2019-531) 
This one too comes from the Karuizawa nonetheless, and is kind of 6 months outdated. As for locating an image of the bottle, properly, we have given up. Color: white wine. Nostril: simply the identical lemon plus glue and polish combo as with the sister cask, with somewhat extra turpentine this time, in addition to somewhat extra citrusy roundness. Will need to have been the quarter cask. With water: mercurochrome, nail polish remover, white Jamaican rum, bitter almonds. Tends to ground you with these smells. I imply, it flooring yours actually. Mouth (neat): wonderful, on marmalade and polish, liquorice, celeriac maybe… It is clearly much less acetone-y than its sister. With water: wham! Mezcal, Hampden, Ardbeg and an excellent quantity of mannequin glue. Not that I’ve ever had mannequin glue, thoughts you, however it’s harking back to mannequin glue. End: lengthy and simply excellent, on the identical notes plus a wee piney contact within the aftertaste. Some acetate. Feedback: simply good. Simply hope it’s going to give the misinform the proverb ‘when the brand new make’s too good, the whisky can be crap’.
SGP:562 – 91 factors. |
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Appears to be like like I’ve already wrecked this little session. Having stated that, since we have talked about Hampden…
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Miyagikyo ‘Rum Wooden End’ (46%, OB, Japan, 3500 bottles, +2017) 
Color: mild gold. Nostril: no Hampden-like extravaganza right here, relatively a smooth, well-balanced growth on tiny touches of metallic (tin field), lime blossom, then inexperienced bananas and guavas. Gears in the direction of eucalyptus and teak wooden, somewhat limestone and lambswool, somewhat patchouli, vetiver, then basic malty aromas, tarte tatin, brioche, ale… I discover this relatively advanced and chic; I like this nostril relatively rather a lot and am even discovering somewhat fresh-squeezed cane juice. Mouth: a wee bit sweetish however in any other case very fantastic, relatively on oranges this time, with some welcome minerality, bergamot and yuzu, extra lime tea, woodruff tea, a curious contact of bear garlic (which is not garlic as you very properly know), and simply by no means any roundish flattish rum notes. The gentleman who composed this was very gifted. End: medium, earthier, with even a sense of peat in addition to somewhat icing sugar, cane juice, cider apples… Feedback: I’m very positively stunned nevertheless it’s true that I had already loved the ‘Apple Brandy Wooden End’ earlier this 12 months. Am I getting soft-hearted?
SGP:551 – 87 factors. |
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Miyagikyo ‘Bourbon Wooden End’ (46%, OB, Japan, 1926 bottles, 2018)
Color: gold. Nostril: extraordinarily fragrant, as if all cursors had been pushed to the max. Bananas, lime blossom (is {that a} distillery marker?), vanilla, biscuits, crêpes, buttered popcorn, guavas, orange juice, plus one thing that was already within the Rum End, bear’s garlic! (or wild garlic). Mouth: the oak’s little loud on the palate, with somewhat an excessive amount of tea, peppermint, cinnamon… Then granny smith, an oily aspect (rapeseed), lime, Thai basil… And relatively plenty of inexperienced oak. No issues however that does make it really feel a bit ‘from the lab’ relatively than ‘from the warehouse’, if you happen to see what I imply. End: medium, citrusy. Feedback: one other one which’s extraordinarily good; now it was insanely costly on condition that it is solely an NAS and only a ending. I appreciated the ‘rum’ higher, having stated that.
SGP:561 – 85 factors. |
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Subsequent time, our final Japanese Session. We stated 8 days, it is going to be 8 days.
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(Thanks once more, Chris at suhi+soul)
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Shizuoka 2019/2020 (61.1%, OB, Japan, quarter cask, cask #2019-531) |
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Miyagikyo ‘Rum Wooden End’ (46%, OB, Japan, 3500 bottles, +2017) |
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Miyagikyo ‘Bourbon Wooden End’ (46%, OB, Japan, 1926 bottles, 2018) |
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