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Shinobu Pure Malt 10 year old Mizunara Oak Finish, 43%

Price: 115 Issue: Winter 2022 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick Category: Japanese Whisky

A nose of nutmeg, vanilla, and dried apple ring, with a honeyed richness and mizunara influence. It spreads across the taste buds with flavors of creamy panna cotta, canned peaches, butterscotch, and graceful rolling spices on a slow crescendo, building toward notes of malt, baked citrus, chocolate-chunk granola, and a finish that is satisfyingly rich and creamy.