Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
Sight
Bright gold with an amber core — the colour of autumn afternoon light through a Hokkaido forest canopy. Clear and luminous.
Nose
The youngest age-stated Yoichi, most forthright. Wood smoke rather than deep peat, campfire more than century-old bog. Stone fruit is vivid: peach skins, unripened plum, cherry blossom. Milk chocolate rather than dark. Eucalyptus and green menthol thread, like cold air through pine trees at altitude.
Palate
Direct-fired character fully present even at ten years: textural weight, oiliness that defines Yoichi's house style. Malt and grain anchor mid-palate — oats, roasted barley. Peat smokes through cleanly, slightly green. Fresh peach, tart cherry brighter than the NAS. White pepper adds youthful liveliness. Trace of coastal salt.
Finish
Medium length. Smoke leads the exit — clean, slightly maritime — before grain takes over with drying, chalky mineral finish. Green apple surfaces briefly. Honest and clean, a declaration of what Yoichi is built from rather than what age has done to it.
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
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