Mars Iwai 45 Japanese Whisky

[Flaviar] Different.

Nose slight alcohol leatehr sugar. Taste sweet sugary. Slight oak but not much.

Honey, vanilla, and caramel on the nose, which matches the taste- along with some herbal and clove notes. Sweet and smooth on the palate.

The nose is rather sweet with heavy vanilla and caramel notes. The palette is more subtle, with some of the sweetness giving way to a nice light smokiness. There is also some underlying spice that adds a nice kick. The finish is very smooth with just a hint of the smoke lingering.

Average, fruity, not bad.

These notes are from a blind tasting (Flaviar Advent Calendar) The smell is very light and clean. Light oak, vanilla, walnuts, pears a little bit of dried red fruits. Very pleasant but nothing exciting. The taste is vanilla and woody. Cedar, oak, almonds.  All light, no heavy flavors to speak of. It’s a pretty thin whisky. The finish is short. I get some of the dried fruits on the finish but it's mostly light vanilla and oak. This is a letdown for me.  Even though the smell wasn’t exciting, it turned out to be the highlight of this whisky. Everything else was just boring and forgettable. Regardless of price, I am not interested in drinking this. Overall Grade: D  (Below Average)