Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
Sight
Deep amber-mahogany with ruby highlights; rich and full with slow legs
Nose
Continuing the legacy of the 2013. Rich dried fruit — raisin, sultana, fig — with dark chocolate, espresso, and orange peel. The sherry influence is intense but perhaps slightly more restrained than the 2013. Sandalwood and incense from the Yamazaki spirit character are present but subtle. Brown sugar, vanilla, and warming clove
Palate
Rich and sherried but arguably more elegant than the 2013. Dark fruit (raisin, fig, date), dark chocolate, orange marmalade, and warming ginger spice. The mouthfeel is full and coating. The sandalwood-incense note from Yamazaki's character provides a Japanese dimension absent in equivalent sherried Scotches. Brown sugar, espresso, and subtle dried rose. Very well balanced with the sherry never overwhelming the spirit
Finish
Long finish with dark chocolate, dried fruit, espresso, and sandalwood. More refined than the 2013 but without its ground-breaking shock value. Still among the finest sherried whiskies produced anywhere in the world
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
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