Hibiki Harmony Japanese Harmony Master's Select

This is a travel retail exclusive expression from the traditional and popular hibiki harmony. This is a very different dram than the "regular" japanese harmony. Very easy drinkable and delicious. You can take on the whole bottle and not even notice it. The main difference between the two: sherry. Bottled at 43%abv, tawny color. On the nose it is a glendronach 12. There is no better way to tell it. Sherry, vanilla custard cream, vanilla cookies (the ones you mash to make a cake). After a couple minutes a citrus note appear, lemon peel and maybe prunes. On the palate it is very appealing and easy, very balanced sherry, oak, almonds, oranges, vanilla and allspice. The aftertaste is medium long and very sweet, with cinnamon and vanilla notes. Balance is the name of the game, it is not the greatest dram ever, i was even having trouble in deciding wether to give it a 4.0 or a 4.5, but because of how balanced it is, it managed to score the 90 points to achieve its goal as a very recommendable whisky. 90 /100, nice dram. (But The original japanese harmony is better and cheaper).

N: tropical fruits such as mango and pineapple, honey, floral notes and sweet vanilla. P: sweet milk chocolate, mango, pineapple, honey, tangerine and just a hint of smoke F: low burn on the top of the tongue, soft, delicate, round with a short finish. A fantastic whisky, some nice complexity and exciting flavours. Very friendly at the start in your mouth with a slight burn on the tongue as you swallow. A delicious whisky with its only draw back being that it doesn’t last long after you swallow it. A longer finish would really push this to another level but overall very pleasant.

Hibiki Japanese Harmony Masters Select Blended Whisky 響大師精選Master Select調和威士忌 產地:日本 容量:700ml 酒精濃度:43% 產品介紹: 響HIBIKI Japanese Harmony Masters Select至少有10種麥芽及榖物交匯，陳年在5款不同類型的酒桶。在第三代調酒師及SHINGO TORII創始人曾孫監督， 加上第四代首席調酒師福與伸二（SHINJI FUKUYO）培養下，融合出高貴和諧的淡淡山崎雪利桶特色，融合10種以上來自山崎、白州與知多酒廠原酒，含有世界知名的山崎雪莉桶威士忌。 酒瓶獨特的24切面的設計是來自於24節氣的概念，瓶標則使用沒有過度裝飾的越前和紙，並印上書法字體「響」，這日本是著名的書法家荻野丹雪氏題字， 傳達日本威士忌的世界觀。「響」的首席調酒師福井真二（Shinji Fukuyo）設想了味道和香氣的和諧，一個是純粹，且又能同時趕到復雜，卻又和諧，這是Hibiki調和的核心概念。 香味：年輕橡木氣息，鋸木削，香草豆莢，糖漿，椰絲，奶油，成熟蘋果，淡淡的檀香木 口感：口感舒服帶甜，椰子酒，綠茶，抹茶 餘韻：中長，和諧的留下清新橡木口感

The standard Hibiki Harmony is one of my favorite Japanese whiskies and even though the price has gone up in recent years I still think it’s one of the better quality Japanese whiskies at its price point. The Master’s Select steps it’s up a notch with a more floral nose almost like rose peddles and the palate has a stronger sherry influence than the regular harmony. Overall this whisky is delicate and really balanced. I wish it wasn’t just sold in travel retailers and we can have it here in the States in 750 ml bottle!!

The Yamazaki Sherry Cask is the real key here. 10 different single malt and grain whiskey blends. American, Mizunara and Sherry Cask are used for this blend. The Nose is my favourite, very floral, raisins, zesty, tropical fruitiness and vanilla. The palate is lovely with chocolate, orange marmalade followed with by a little baking spices. There's bitterness before the finish then followed by sweet oakiness and spices in the medium short finish.

A- amber -1, low viscosity N- honey, vanilla, toffee, tangerines, plums , mango, pineapple, wet oak P- fruity mild spicy arrival, oily, sweet (honey, creamy vanilla, toffee) fruity (tangerines, mango, pineapple, sultanas, plums) wet oak F- short finish, sweet-fruity aftertaste (delicate and elegant) C- gentle dram, elegant and delicious, not a bit fan of blended whiskies but this one is GOOD!