2022 Ultimate Spirits Challenge

The Matsui Sakura Cask Japanese Single Malt Whisky (Japan), 48% abv, $99.99, 750 ml

97
Extraordinary,
Ultimate Recommendation

Tasting Note:

This whisky has an elegant nose, with faint whispers of baked apple, buttercream, and dried lemon peel. The palate is more broad, but still as demure with light flavors of lemon curd, freshly-hewn wood, and toasted almond lingering through the long finish.

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