Yamazaki Mizunara

CategoryJAPANESE
DistilleryYamazaki
BottlerDistillery Bottling
Bottling Series-
Vintage-
Bottled Year2010
Age-
Cask TypeMizunara
Cask Number-
Bottles Released-
ABV48.0%
Volume700 ml
Label-
CountryJapan
Region-
Yamazaki Mizunara
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Flavor Profile

Oaky
Vanilla
Fruity
Sweet
Honey
Dried Fruit
Spicy
Creamy
Floral
Herbal
Nutty
Smoky
Citrus
Peaty
Chocolate
Maritime

Tasting Notes

Colour

office coffee

air Nose

more chocolate and prunes, armagnac, polished hardwood, mocha, then Bovril and sweeter raisiny notes, old PX, old rancio, brown sauce, indeed hoisin sauce… Nah let's be honest, it is a marvellous, pretty complex brandy-de-Jerez-like nose. Old furniture polish, walnut liqueur, nocino…

restaurant Palate

it's a rather thick sherried whisky on the palate, with quite some black tannins at first (strong black tea), chocolate, walnuts, with some marmalade, then more chocolate, even more chocolate, more chocolate yet, and old plum eau-de-vie, slivovitz, dark toffee… I had feared it would feel a little 'lab' as they may have aimed at recreating the '2013', but no, it's pretty perfect. Wonderful notes of blueberry tarte too (blue teeth, anyone?) and even blueberry muffins. Some people like cupcakes better; I for one care less for them! Sorry about that lousy Zappa quote, now who remembers The Muffin Man? "Girl you thought he was a man But he was a muffin He hung around till you found That he didn't know nuthin' Girl you thought he was a man But he only was a-puffin' No cries is heard in the night As a result of him stuffin'"

timer Finish

long, very similar. Prunes, brandy, chocolate, black raisins, rancio… And blueberry muffins! Mint and liquorice in the aftertaste

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