Nose: Wild flowers, asian incense, vanilla, peach fuzz, bees wax, lemon sherbert, creamy oak, parafin, raisins. Elegant and aromatic.
Palate: Creamy, then sweet spices of nutmeg and cinnamon. Wild flowers, asian incense, vanilla, pecan pie, anise, dragonfruit, camomile tea, macadamia nuts.
Finish: Wild flowers, incense, sweet tobacco, bees wax, pecan pie, menthol and a little drying wood.
Last Word: Unique and gets better with every sip.
Rating: 89/100
I was at Yamazaki in May and tried it for Yen 600, though they was no age statement. I absolutely loved it, big hit of plum and a long finish which lasted all the way from my train ride back to Osaka.
They don’t sell it at the distillery, do you know how I can get one as I have a friend in Toyko?
Hi Mike,
They are long since sold out. Yamazaki did not release this series this year, I think stocks are low.
Oh ya, I love dragonfruit big time and to find it in a whisky is a bonus. Even though I generally reject the NAS whiskies, I will need to seek this one out.
Good luck Cato. In Japan they sell out before they hit the shelves and they got smashed in the UK as well even at GBP250.
Now when I taste this one I think I maybe should have scored it 90/100.
Delicious stuff. I quite like the idea of Dragonfruit in a whisky. I have not come across a lot but when I did so it was amongst a mixture of Vietnamese assorted dried fruits. Yum!