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Nikka Miyagikyo Single Malt
Single Malt — Japan
Reviewed
September 20, 2017 (edited December 6, 2019)
Nose - Buttery, fruity, yellow cake, caramelized pears, waxy golden raisins.
Taste - Fruity, syrupy but crisp sweet, hint of white pepper spice, fresh pears eaten with golden raisins, very faint quickly fading bitter, tiniest hint of campfire smoke.
Finish - Lingering lightly smoky sweet, syrupy golden raisins, which lead me to believe this was aged in a lighter colored sherry, tiny hint of campfire ash.
Score - 79/100
Final Thoughts - On the nose, I don't think you could tell that there was any hint of peat in this malt as the syrupy/waxy sweet dominates. Once it hits the tongue, you're hit with the sensation as if you were at a campsite in the morning making oatmeal with golden raisins & honey with the campfire from last night out, but the smoke still lingers in the air. The finish is like you've finished your oatmeal and you take a deep breath of the crisp autumn air that still has that tiny hint of campfire ash. Overall a decent dram that's very sippable neat but is kind of just light smoke & golden raisin sweet to me. I can see this making a very interesting highball.
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