Yamazaki 12 Year

The higher quality Japanese offerings are becoming scarce. My bottle came as a backroom special from one of my local stores. Nose is ever so lightly peated with slight grain notes. The taste follows the lead with a light peat backbone danced around by hints of almond and marzipan. The finish is quite lovely and lingering almond biscotti tastes.

Color is very light, like a young scotch. Legs after extremely slow and almost difficult to create. Nose: peaty, some floral undertones, cherry blossom perhaps some semblance of saki like flavors Body: very familiar scotch like flavors but curiously different, maybe some elderflower or cherry blossom, even minutes later I'm still trying to pin point it. Finish: more like the body than the nose, not super strong at 86 proof with an easy scotch bite. My first Japanese whisky, I was expecting more traditional Kentucky whiskey/bourbon and got a lot more scotch like flavors. Very easy to drink and I can see why some people fall in love with it.