Miyagikyo 10-year-old

Overall rating
85.12/100
votes
200
Whiskybase ID
WB9252
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Bottler
Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie
Single Malt
Stated Age
10 years old
Strength
45.0 % Vol.
Size
700 ml
Bottle code
6/06D221442
Barcode
4904230104728
Added on
28 jun 2009 3:29 pm
Miyagikyo 10-year-old
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Miyagikyo 10-year-old
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Miyagikyo 10-year-old
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Miyagikyo 10-year-old
Photo by kanpai79
Miyagikyo 10-year-old
Photo by kanpai79
Miyagikyo 10-year-old
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Average value

€ 448.49

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€ 299.00
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Whisky reviews for Miyagikyo 10-year-old

22 users have left 22 reviews for this whisky. Average rating is 85.12 points.

  1. gallfux did not rate this whisky Expert Senior

    In the nose a mixture of pear and a bit of sour blueberry. With sponge cake. Cornflakes. In addition fresh and floral notes. Succulent wood too.
    Nice sweetness in the mouth. Brittle. Some marzipan. Orange oil. Toast. Dried wood. Grain.

    Neat malt, which doesn't flash me now either. The prices from € 200 - € 600 are of course completely stupid and absolutely not of quality.

  2. kanpai79 scored this whisky 88 points Specialist

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      87 87
    • Finish
      87 87

  3. MrYens scored this whisky 87 points Expert Senior

  4. pianoman scored this whisky 85 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      Wet coniferous forest, some tree bark, light honey. Lemon cake. Freshly mown grass.
    • Taste
      Cornflakes, walnut cookies, some cocoa powder. A hint of candied ginger. Chocolate with lemon pieces.

  5. Tuco1972 scored this whisky 86 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      87 87
    • Taste
      86 86
    • Finish
      87 87

  6. jjkmlss scored this whisky 90 points Expert Junior

    the best Japanese distillery, sooooo better than hyped Yamazaki
    • Nose
      saffron, heather, fig jam, pumpkin, milk chocolate, blueberry muffin, apple pie
    • Taste
      sweet & sherry, oak, apple ,blueberries, milk choc, chai tea, cinnamon, ginger bread & butter
    • Finish
      lemon peel, choc, tobacco, oak

  7. htz881 scored this whisky 86 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      85 85
    • Taste
      85 85
    • Finish
      88 88

  8. DrinkingWhisky scored this whisky 89 points Expert Senior

    Very nice stuff. Nuff said. Tasted on 13/11/2016 in a Japanese line-up (WB ID's 70236, 5443, 9252, 38412, 6016, 71248 and 20342, in that order). 
    • Nose
      Oh, this is nice! Flowers everywhere - I'm imagining The Sound Of Music in my head now! Some cinnamon, grassy notes as well, everything accompanied with a layer of vanilla beeswax. 
    • Taste
      This is the good stuff. Clean and crisp yet full of flavors: vanilla beeswax sweetness with floral floralness (is that a word? Well, you get the idea). Faint touch of wood. 
    • Finish
      Peppery spiciness kicking in, later on converting to sweet floral tones with some grassiness. 

  9. Igor scored this whisky 85 points Expert Senior

    In Scottish terms it might be close to Lowland territories.
    • Nose
      First nose provides fine sourness, sour-sweet fruit - white apple like, apple juice, citron, juicy kiwi pulp, it is fresh, woodsy slightly, wood chips?, with hints of cut grass, mint leaf, eucalyptus and muskmelon.

      Basically this is very summery indeed, warm, yet clear and delicate enough, with touches of field flowers, daisies, pollen/honeyed, anise, rosin, sleek (vanillic) wood, cashew, hazelnut. And after that: candied fruit jelly, gelatine, glucose, 
    • Taste
      A trifle sweet beginning alters promptly by herbal bitterness of fern, leafage, bay leaf, licorice root and menthol - cool, fresh.

      Mid palate: chamomile tea, broth?, herb tea, wild (mānuka?) honey, a tad earthy, salty even.

      Medium bodied, oily. Being moderate on the palate, it's got a nice balance indeed - no edginess, no sharpness whatsoever, nothing is jutting out there, everything's in harmony - ah, so Japanese that!
    • Finish
      Lemon zest, (salty) lemon-/orange rind, coriander, nutmeg, bitter tangerines flare up then, ginger sherbet fizz. Citruses galore.Soft but lasting. With an exclusive balance once again.

  10. detachedblue scored this whisky 87 points Connoisseur

    This is very young and not that matured in my opinion. However, the casks they used were exceptional. This is a very decent sherries whisky.
    • Nose
      Very sweet without smoke, pineapple and stewed apple, banana and red berries.
    • Taste
      Very smooth and mellow, banana and sherry, milk chocolate
    • Finish
      medium finish, sherry and spices. 

  11. Peter87 scored this whisky 86 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      85 85
    • Taste
      87 87
    • Finish
      87 87

  12. recursiewhisky scored this whisky 89 points Expert Senior

    This whisky is just a little too young and powerful. I would love to see him again if he has been lying on a good barrel for 15 or 20 years in order to flatten his youthful strength and develop the complex tones and aromas further. Everything is present in this whisky, however, it is drowned out by the power in this dram. But certainly not bad whisky. The pepperiness reminds me again of the Talisker 10. 喝采!
    • Nose
      Pure and light. Vanilla, slightly floral. Lily, fennel, fruit. Hint of nuts (hazelnut / brazil nuts). Show pines. Mild sweetness combined with juicy, ester-like aromas, especially banana candy. There is also a very discreet hint to smoke. Sweet and refined with a nice level of complexity.
    • Taste
      Immediately tingling and spicy, clinging to the tongue it delivers a huge load of spicy fruit (raisins, plums) and citrus oils with a little salt. Beautiful oak tones that are not bitter, sherry, caramel and a hint of espresso. This is a robust dram. The power of alcohol seems to be much larger than the bottled strength of 45%.
    • Finish
      Long aftertaste with notes of cereals, herbs and oaks. Ends dry with a hint of peppermint.

  13. squaadgras scored this whisky 85 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      85 85
    • Taste
      86 86
    • Finish
      86 86

  14. Akoo scored this whisky 85 points Expert Senior

    A very interesting nose, but a mouth too dry.
    • Nose
      Sweet, delicate and fruity. Anise, orange blossom, fennel, delicately fruity. An interesting creamy side, with vanilla, honey. Chlorophyll.
    • Taste
      Cool but drier than the nose. A lot of malt. It's powerful, but we lost the aromatic richness of the nose. With a little opening, pepper notes.
    • Finish
      Intense on spices and cereals

  15. whiskyroma scored this whisky 86 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      85 85
    • Taste
      86 86
    • Finish
      86 86

  16. Max Power scored this whisky 86 points Expert Junior

    • Nose
      84 84
    • Taste
      89 89
    • Finish
      84 84

  17. gerrit de guru scored this whisky 85 points Expert Senior

    Interesting nose, probably because of the mizunara oak but all in all too expensive. Pleasant dram.

  18. KayMeertens scored this whisky 84 points Connoisseur

    Pretty nice but I can't say I like it better than the All Malt which is only half the price. It does have a fuller body than that one though, with considerably more smoke. 84/85.
    • Nose
      Apple, pear, caramel and lime. Whiffs of pepper and glue.
    • Taste
      Pear, apple, caramel, lime, smoke, pepper and a little chewing gum.
    • Finish
      Smoke, apple, caramel, pear, pepper, lime and liquorice.

  19. Erik Elixir scored this whisky 85 points Connoisseur

    compared with Taketsuru 12-year-old (2012) & Taketsure Pure Malt (2014)

    sample from Whiskybase
    • Nose
      vanilla, some wax, orange, nuts, exotic fruits, citrus, caramel and butter
    • Taste
      citrus - lemon, orange, fudge, oily, olives and spices - white pepper
    • Finish
      drying with soft spices, fudge, citrus, chocolate, some corn (bourbon), roasted barley and coffee

  20. markjedi1 scored this whisky 83 points Connoisseur

    The nose and finish
    were okayish, but the palate was very surprising. Therefore I am giving it the
    same score as the NAS bottling, which gave me the same pleasure at the least.
    • Nose
      The nose is much
      softer than the NAS bottling, with more fruit and a lot of grassy notes, but
      less expressive. Besides oranges and grapefruit I also get some tropical
      fruits. A twig of eucalyptus keeps it fresh. Some flowers and mild spices too. Needs quite some handwarmth to open op. Much dryer as
      well. What is this? I smell peat!
    • Taste
      On the palate it is
      sweet and fresh, but with a lot of oak. Immediately drying and rather peaty! I had not expected this. Vanilla and white fruit,
      besides the citrus. Some earth and lots of spices. Liquorices, camomile tea, peat and even a pinch of
      salt. This is becoming pretty interesting on the palate. The longer you leave
      it, the more the peat comes out.
    • Finish
      The long finish is
      dry, spicy and a touch bitter.

  21. Emilien206 scored this whisky 85 points Member Senior

    A neutral whisky, no surprise but we do not appreciate his wisdom.
    http://caisseenbois.blogspot.fr/2012/12/miyagikyo-10ans-45.html?m=1

  22. Miconciencia scored this whisky 86 points Member Senior

    • Taste
      Potente joven con refinamiento de sabores y cierta turba

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