Yamazaki Tsukuriwake 2024 Golden Promise 48% NV

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Distillery	Yamazaki
Bottler	OB
Serie	Golden Promise
Bottled for
Distilled date	Not Specified
Bottling date	2024
Country	Japan
Region	Japan
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Cask Type
Cask Number
Alcohol %	48%
Volume	0,70
Condition	Perfect
Label	Perfect
Stock	2

Professional reviews

BOW (89.50)

The Yamazaki Golden Promise is crafted using Golden Promise barley, a variety first cultivated in Scotland during the 1960s. This barley is highly regarded for its distinctive flavor and malting qualities. When combined with aging in American Oak casks, it enhances the inherent qualities of the Yamazaki base, resulting in a whisky with a malty and rich character that features sweet, fruity, and citrus notes.

The whisky has a barley gold color. On the nose, it offers a fragrance reminiscent of sweet malt, vanilla, and honey. The palate is rich and full, with flavors of orange marmalade and custard. The finish is sweet and fruity with citrus notes, and it lingers long and pleasantly.

Serge Valentin (88)

American oak. Golden Promise is the famed barley that built quite a reputation in Scotland (think ‘M’), providing more texture and aromatic depth, or so it seems to me. I say "seems" because most we’ve sampled were also heavily sherried. Colour: light gold. Nose: heaps of fresh bread, buttery croissants, and a dash of mashed potatoes (50% butter, 50% potatoes), with a hint of wet plaster and fresh grass. A few drops of brut cider and mead, then very ripe apples, yet it remains beautifully dry, still focused on the fresh bread with just a few touches of panettone and snapped twigs. Mouth: indeed, it’s quite oily, led by candied citron, with hints of eucalyptus, followed by ripe bananas and dried apricots. There’s also a return of the bread and quince paste, accompanied by those notes of fresh (unsawn) wood again. Finish: long, very balanced, fairly rich, but still all about the raw ingredients. That is to say, the barley, with some touches of oatcakes. There’s a faint honeyed note in the aftertaste. Comments: you can tell it’s not an old malt, but it’s very well put together (as is the price, one might add). A malt that’s even maltier, in a way.