Yamazaki 1999 The Owner's Cask
| Category | JAPANESE |
| Distillery | Yamazaki |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | The Owner's Cask |
| Vintage | 1999 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Yamazaki |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
dark brown amber
air Nose
aggressive, pungent, very flinty at first nosing. There’s also a lot of toasted bread, charcoal, dark chocolate and gunpowder, with notes of blackcurrants in the background as well as quite some herbal tea (such as cherry stems). Not an easy one so far, even if it tends to become smoother and fruitier over time. With water: that worked, even if it became a little vinegary. Nice notes of pipe tobacco, prunes and beef bouillon
restaurant Palate
a huge fruitiness this time plus quite some alcohol. It feels like a 60%+ whisky. Raspberry jam, cherry liqueur (say Heering), a little bacon, a certain saltiness, figs… With water: ah, we tamed it! But the flavour profile remains the same, only the strength went down. Maybe a little more spices, pepper, a little curry, mustard sauce… Also quite some bitter chocolate
timer Finish
long, fruitier this time while usually, whiskies become spicier at this point in my experience. Notes of blackberry jam. Some pepper in the aftertaste, as often