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Miyagikyo Apple Brandy Wood Finish 2020

Japanese Single Malt Tohoku
Age
No age statement
ABV
47%
Introduced
2020
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Miyagikyo Apple Brandy Wood Finish 2020

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Bright gold with warm amber highlights from apple brandy cask finish
Nose
Full and rich. Fresh apple and juicy pear, cereal and leather from the malt. Banana and peach. Stewed and baked apples with captivating woodiness. Ginger, cinnamon spice. Subtle sage, verbena, vanilla and honey
Palate
Elegant and silky first attack. Fresh juicy apples and bittersweet fruit cake. Becomes exotic with pineapple, lychee and kiwi. Entire palate coated with acacia honey
Finish
Long and complex with white fruit (pears) contrasting toasted bread. Well-balanced liquorice and vanilla. Herbal tea aftertaste with rosemary, mint and linden tree flowers adding floral dimension

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Initial aging in ex-sherry casks
  • finished 6 months in apple brandy casks aged 28+ years

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