The Yamazaki 18 yo Mizunara Tsukuriwake 2024 Edition

 

 

 

48°

Distillery : Yamazaki - Japan

Sherry, Bourbon, and Mizunara Oak Casks

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2024

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured

Almost Unpeated 

 

 

 

I've been missing the last of the Tsukuriwake 2024 series, and now I've finally had a chance to taste it, and not just once, but twice! It's the usual Yamazaki 18yo, except that a larger proportion of Mizunara oak casks have been added. This promises sandalwood and spices galore. The number of bottles produced is not known.

Let's Taste It : 

Dry wood, dark chocolate, cocoa beans, roots, dates, dried bananas, grainy cereals, ounces of coal, candied figs, muscat grapes, amarena cherries. Very light, dusty, bewitching peat. Cinnamon, nutmeg, sandalwood. It's lighter on the palate, with wood-polished vanilla and lemon, passion fruit, floral hints, forest berries, undergrowth, moss and light spices. Very long finish, shiitake mushrooms, kelp, vanilla bean and sesame seeds, green tea, roasted nuts, shortbread dough.

In Short, 

The addition of Mizunara casks is a good idea, as it intensifies the spices, the depth of the distillate and its complexity. This is an excellent product, unfortunately much, much, much too expensive, more typical and with more personality than the classic Yamazaki 18yo.

Score : 89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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