Yoichi Rum Wood Finish (2017)

Yoichi Rum Wood Finish (2017)

Official bottling
Single malt - Hokkaido
Amber gold
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Peaches, orange peel, honey, cedar, hints of coffee, hints of toast. 
Mouthfeel: Heavy body, sticky, astringent, warm. 
Tasting:  Bitter sweet. Cedar, orange peel, vanilla, toast, coffee, ginseng. 
Finish: Medium. Toast, ginseng, orange peel, coffee. 

Comments: 

There's not a lot of rum flavour in this whisky, the toasty, smoky notes predominate instead. There's heaps of bitter notes, in what is normally quite a sweet whisky, with ginseng, coffee, and fragrant woody cedar covering up some faint esters at the back of the mouth.

Verdict:

I like this.