Yamazaki 18 Year

Hard to describe it. Smoky, smooth, not as sweet as expected, a little pear flavor.

Fell in love with first smell of nose and then experience only went up from there - standard by which I judge all other whiskies.

Smell from the bottle, and it's almost rum like, smell in the glass and a whiskey forms. Use a pipette if you can, add 1/4 a drop of clean water before every small sip... This magic changes and takes you through a wealth of flavour, look out for fig, and date, and nuts and spices, look out for all of the 'wonderful' that the sherry casks and bourbon barrels have brought this beautiful liquid. Absolutely one of the best ways to spend an hour with 50ml of whiskey. Take the chance if you can