The Matsui Single Malt Whisky Collection Set

A high quality set of 20cl bottling from the Matsui distillery in Japan.

This set contains three different whiskies: the Sakura cask, a peated expression, and the Mizunara Cask.

The Sakura cask is a rather fascinating dram, having been matured in cherry wood casks, providing a unique flavour profile. Drinkers can expect notes of almond, orange rind, fresh grapes, honeydew melon, cinnamon, flowers, soft red cherries, subtle raspberries and fragrant wood.

Matsui Peated offers up notes of intense roasted grains, burnt malt, earthy peat, woodsmoke, vanilla, brown sugar, apples, ash, and hay. An entirely different approach to Matsui’s spirit, but no less delicious!

Mizunara is the famed and rather rare Japanese oak. Casks made of this wood are notoriously difficult to manage, with the barrels given to leaking – the name literally means “water oak”.