No murdering necessary! Loved the video. This is one I haven't reviewed the modern iteration of... clearly I need your friends ;-) Agreed on the apricot, the peach, the sandalwood. Great notes my friend!
Nice opportunity you had, Sertug, especially with enough amount & air in the bottle to do several tastings...For the record i don't think that Hibiki 25 yo do exist (only nas several ones, 17 yo, 21 yo, 30 yo & now very recently a quite hefty 40 yo !). I had the chance to try them all (except some nas travel retail/ltd editions & the new 40) now but it took me 25 yo to get to try the 30 yo which is now my favorite of the range, second being the 21 yo (but there is a lot of batch variations) and then the 17 yo & 12 yo (i still have some of the 12 in bottle). It is interesting to see that the Mizunara influence is more easily recognized nowadays, now there are way more releases with it (even trendy as a finish of non Japanese whisky, even some Cognac brands, mind you)..and indeed you have good friends ! Cheers !
@@GregsWhiskyGuide Wow Greg I hope I'd be able to taste the whole range one day as well! Yeah as Mizunara wood gets more and more available, we now have reference points to detect some minute effects. I have read and heard though the full effect of the wood only shows itself when a whisky is matured in Mizunara for more than 20years. It is nice to get hints of it though.
@@thewhiskyenthusiast Probably, yeah. I have several whiskies for which I can sense a Mizunara influence, only with one year finishing but it is rare it works harmoniously with the distillery character, the most surprising being a French new distillery's core range whisky with just one year of finishing (i already mentioned it in my French whisky video series : Arlett "Mizunara cask finish") & it works rather well for me.
@@thebiblioholic Ooh that's also interesting, I've not read that but you might be right. Now I've looked somewhere it says the name actually comes from the English Sun! Go figure 😃
Here is another fantastic video! you are great!
@@mertcanartan Thank you sir
No murdering necessary! Loved the video. This is one I haven't reviewed the modern iteration of... clearly I need your friends ;-)
Agreed on the apricot, the peach, the sandalwood. Great notes my friend!
Hahaha glad I'm safe 😃 Well I am lucky in friends for sure. I had another one who shared his 29 year old Glenfiddich Yozakura with me back in London 😉
@@thewhiskyenthusiast Always bro. Until next time... Kanpai!
Nice opportunity you had, Sertug, especially with enough amount & air in the bottle to do several tastings...For the record i don't think that Hibiki 25 yo do exist (only nas several ones, 17 yo, 21 yo, 30 yo & now very recently a quite hefty 40 yo !). I had the chance to try them all (except some nas travel retail/ltd editions & the new 40) now but it took me 25 yo to get to try the 30 yo which is now my favorite of the range, second being the 21 yo (but there is a lot of batch variations) and then the 17 yo & 12 yo (i still have some of the 12 in bottle). It is interesting to see that the Mizunara influence is more easily recognized nowadays, now there are way more releases with it (even trendy as a finish of non Japanese whisky, even some Cognac brands, mind you)..and indeed you have good friends ! Cheers !
@@GregsWhiskyGuide Wow Greg I hope I'd be able to taste the whole range one day as well! Yeah as Mizunara wood gets more and more available, we now have reference points to detect some minute effects. I have read and heard though the full effect of the wood only shows itself when a whisky is matured in Mizunara for more than 20years. It is nice to get hints of it though.
@@thewhiskyenthusiast Probably, yeah. I have several whiskies for which I can sense a Mizunara influence, only with one year finishing but it is rare it works harmoniously with the distillery character, the most surprising being a French new distillery's core range whisky with just one year of finishing (i already mentioned it in my French whisky video series : Arlett "Mizunara cask finish") & it works rather well for me.
I've read elsewhere that the name comes from "three" (san) in reference to Torii;s 3 sons....
@@thebiblioholic Ooh that's also interesting, I've not read that but you might be right. Now I've looked somewhere it says the name actually comes from the English Sun! Go figure 😃
Yeah, not the best, but rare, the bottle looks good, and it's not going to be disliked as they're blended to be approachable
It is delicious and beautiful but no way warrants the price. A good experience for me 😃