Shizuoka 2019 4 Years Single Malt Whisky

Jade Hall

May 27, 2026, 05:21:19

哇，这杯的颜色是那种很正的full gold，在杯壁上留下的油迹看起来就很有料。凑近闻，一开始是梨子和发酵水果的香气，很快，一阵清凉的mentholy感就上来了，底下还藏着些香草和淡淡的烟熏。 酒体比我想的要thicker，更油润。口感上，那些pars和varnish的感觉确实在嘴里tango得挺好，形成了一个很独特的层次。慢慢becoming philosophical的时候，能尝到一丝淡淡的肉味，混着herbal的气息。加水后，那些反应会让它变得更深邃，某些部分更突出，但整体的架构依然很稳。 最难忘的是尾韵，那种varnish和Exceptional camphor的味道久久不散，甚至有点mentholy tobacco的影子。虽然整体感觉比一些高年份的酒更内敛，less bright and immediate，但这种复杂度和厚度让人很满足。感觉这酒用的是wood-fired still，才带来了这种独特的力量感。

Jade Hall

May 27, 2026, 05:21:19

Right, so first sip... whew, this is proper funky. Like walking into an old fermentary where someone left some green olives soaking in white wine vinegar. It’s got that rotting bananas thing going on, but in a weird, charming way. Then it gets a bit gentler, thank god. Still a bit sharp, mind you, very acetic. But there’s this clean, almost ueber-clean edge, like a wood-fired still did its job perfectly. Tastes like model paint smells, but also like lamp oil? Don’t ask me how that works. The finish is long. Like, LedZep-long. It just hangs around, kinda like a dirty rum crossed with... honestly, the first thing that popped into my head was a samurai. A very specific one. 🤷‍♂️ And right at the end, there’s this salty, umami-y samphire note. Not Jamaican, not Guyanian... definitely its own thing. A bit like varnish from that Varnish & Varnish’s place, but played on a piano by someone like Sakamoto or Hiromi. It’s an estery crossbreed, for sure. 🎹

Abigail Johnson

May 27, 2026, 05:21:00

Nosed it and instantly thought of a bakery around 5am, really. Croissants, baguettes, that lovely sourdough tang. In the glass, it’s like a sourdough loaf meets a lemon tartelette. There’s an avalanche of creamy, sweeter citrus right at the start, which is just tops. Then it gets fatter, with more bread and a bit of that meringue sweetness. For something with barely three years of age, it’s pretty long. The finish brings a hint of kerosene and plasticine, but in a good way, like Crème Eggs. Much more tropical on the way out – thinking not-too-ripe guavas and even pink bananas. Excellent bourbon wood influence, fab stuff. Not peated, just a clean, Impeccable sip. 🥃

Tiffany Richardson

May 26, 2026, 05:40:58

Blimey, this one’s proper filthy. Nose hits like openin’ a jar of green olives that’s gone a bit whiffy, straight into white vinegar and that heady model paint smell from childhood Airfix kits. Varnishy as hell. Palate’s this mad fermentary thing—rotting bananas, black olives, almost bacterial? Like a mug of banana wine that’s been sat out, but not in a tropical way at all. Definitely not Jamaican or Guyanian, or even Fijian. Just… superlatively dirty. Estery funk mixed with samphire brine. Makes me think of Sakamoto and Hiromi tinkling away whilst “Achilles Last Stand” thunders in the next room. A proper samurai of a dram, sharp and unapologetic. The finish is loooong, clingin’ like a memory you can’t scrub off. 🍌🫒

Sonia Smith

May 26, 2026, 05:30:38

Lovely ripe pear and deep golden sweetness 🍐 Feels thicker and a bit oilier than expected, with fermenting fruit, beer-ish malt and a menthol tobacco edge. Water brings out camphor and more depth, though the finish gets a wee varnishy twist. Not as bright, but richer and dirtier in a good way.