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 | 17년 |
| Cask Type | 2nd fill Spanish Oak Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | 山崎 |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Yamazaki |
山崎
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
붉은 기운을 머금은 진한 호박빛이 잔 깊이 잠긴다. 스패니시 오크 세컨드 필 셰리 버트에서 17년을 보낸 1990년 야마자키는 향에서 건자두와 향나무, 묵은 가죽의 인상을 풀어놓는다. 한 모금이 입에 들어오면 무화과와 묵은 꿀, 다크 초콜릿이 묵직하게 입을 채우고, 미즈나라를 연상시키는 향나무의 결이 또렷이 깃든다. 59도의 도수는 두꺼운 질감으로 흐르며, 마지막에는 묵은 흙과 시가 박스의 여운이 길게 이어진다.
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