Nose - bananas, vanilla, peat, lemons, and some kinda of pine/alcohol cleaner. It's not overly complex or aged but it's a very nice mix of notes on a younger whisky. Give this one some time in the glass and some of those younger notes will fade and you'll get some nice red fruits, a really nice reward for waiting just 10 minutes or so. Taste - Smoky and meaty over bright floral and citrus malts. Yoichi brings with it the sweetness of these NAS Nikka's with the complexity of a moderately to actually fairly heavily peated whisky. The finish is actually exceptionally long, earthy and vegetable peat. Coming back to this one a few weeks after I last had it (and I put a nice dent on this one so it's gotten some air) and some of the younger whisky qualities are coming out more. It's not that is is too young, but perhaps too young for the price point. I am torn between my appreciation of the complexity and use of peat and these off overly youthful almost new make like notes I'm getting. Ultimately, I have to error on the low end and give this a 1.75. I just can't reward the youth on this one.