Blogging, one whisky at a time
Style: Peaty and Fruity Nose: Starting with a fresh breath of citrusy marmalade and salted caramel pecans. Smoky and ashy peat burst into the scene with a big lick of orange vanilla cream. Nice interplay between fresh orange and dry chargrill notes. Palate: Delicious orange honey waltz in smoothly, backed by tender milky vanilla cream…
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Tasting Notes: Yamazaki Heavily Peated Style: Fragrant and Oaky Nose: Aroma of lively vanilla honey dripping onto barley, Autumn forest and shrine wood. Fresh beat from zested orange, pineapple and white pepper. A rather woody body which is slightly smoked and peated, faint notes of white flower and nectar. Palate: Strike a few keys lower at the…
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Style: Sherry and Spicy Nose: Starts with dark chocolate soufflé on fire, thick and spicy. Then it is followed by some cupboard-aged dried dates, pencil shavings and sour cream. Solid, sweet aroma of brown sugar sitting back supported and cushioned all of the dryness and spiciness. Palate: Bright spicy and sugary raisin notes dissolves to a…
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Style: Sherry and Spicy Nose: Starts with dark chocolate soufflé on fire, thick and spicy. Then it is followed by some cupboard-aged dried dates, pencil shavings and sour cream. Solid, sweet aroma of brown sugar sitting back supported and cushioned all of the dryness and spiciness. Palate: Bright spicy and sugary raisin notes dissolves to a…
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