--- One of two reviews. This one is at neck pour ---
The Matsui is a very pale whisky with a light floral nose, loaded with sour notes. A hint of the oak wood in the background, however the promise of sandalwood and Japanese herbal incense, typical of a mizunara maturation, is all but absent
Palate: This is a young whisky, evidenced by spikes of hot pepper and overwhelming bitter spices. Missing are the mellow coconut and rich spice notes typically to be found in a longer mizunara maturation period.
The finish, whilst short, doesn’t let up; more hot pepper and bitter oak notes, ending in a taste of dry paper.
Overall, an interesting dram to sample as it is atypical of Japanese single malts. Could do with another 10 plus years in the barrel.
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@CKarmios Holy cow. I'd hard of the Bowmore Mizunara and had come to terms with the fact that I'll never get to try it, but I didn't realize it had such a high SRP. And here I thought that Angel's Envy Mizunara was expensive at $350.
Quite right a waste @ContemplativeFox . Not many mizunara-finished drams out there, but perhaps as an illustration, the Bowmore Mizunara uses whisky from casks aged 12-18 years, then finished in mizunara oak for a few months; this site's Amanda Schuster gave it a whopping 98/100; ten user reviews averaged at 4.2/5. It also has a SRP of €1,500, but that's beside the point.
Really disappointed that they'd waste mizunara on a short maturation. Needing another 10+ years ...wow.