Yamazaki 1990 The Cask of Yamazaki
| Category | JAPANESE |
| Distillery | Yamazaki |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | The Cask of Yamazaki |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 2008 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | 2nd fill Spanish Oak Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | 山崎 |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Yamazaki |
山崎
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
짙은 적갈색이 잔에 잠겨 있다. 야마자키가 1990년에 증류돼 세컨드필 스패니시 오크 셰리 벗에서 18년을 보낸 뒤 더 캐스크 오브 야마자키 라인으로 60도의 카스크 스트렝스에 병입된 보틀이다. 향에는 마른 무화과, 미즈나라가 떠올리게 하는 향신료, 짙은 가죽이 차례로 떠오르며 일본 셰리의 깊은 단맛이 또렷이 깃들어 있다. 입에서는 향신료와 마른 과일이 묵직하게 흐른다. 여운에는 가죽과 마른 흙의 잔향이 길게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
full amber
air Nose
bang-bang, gunpowder and struck matches! It’s the driest of them all when unreduced, going on with a little rubber and leather as well as whiffs of earth, humus, mushrooms… One of the well-known variants of what can come out of a sherry cask. With water: all on dried mushrooms, tobacco and gunpowder. It’s really extreme in its own genre
restaurant Palate
another smashing Yamazaki, ultra-powerful, maybe a little bitter and rubbery but yet again, it’s almost un-swallowable without water. Let’s not take any chances. With water: high extraction! Why ex-sherry Japanese and ex-sherry Scotch do not taste the same at all, I don’t know. There must be a secret somewhere, or the meanings of ‘sherry cask’ are completely different in both countries. I’ll have to ask Dave Broom… Dave, are you reading this? Anyway, this is good, with a very sweet and spicy oakiness. There
timer Finish
long, more on orange marmalade and ginger, which isn’t an unusual finish in Japanese whiskies