Matsui Peated

0.7 l bottle opened at Tonka's 40th Birthday Party, cheers! Pale brass colour to old gold. Aroma is moderately smokey, underneath banana, vanilla, soft white oak notes, a fruity touch, apricot, pear and white peach. Smooth, potent, warming. Moderately smokey, flavour is bready, malty, sweet bread, some cookie dough, some fruit. Slick and oily. Finishes sweet with a rosemary wood smoke aftertaste.

Tasted as a flight with Sakura and Mizunara. For some reason this pack is bottled at 43 percent, and they do seem a bit watered down. Nose: Burnt rubber and motor oil. Not particularly inviting. Palate: Machine oil, plaster, but morphs into lapsang souchong tea. Sweetness makes this somehow all work in a strange way. Finish: Short, sweet and oakey. This is probably the weakest of the three. The overworked Dad coming home from a 14 hour shift at the Toyota factory.

Unremarkable. The Mizunara and Sakura are much more flavorful and enjoyable. Yes, there's peat there but not enough for me to say "peaty" or "smoky". This is a good pour to convert someone from "I hate peat". It is mildly fruity and mildly sweet.

@wf22