The Kurayoshi Japanese Single Malt Whisky The Matsui With Box

The Matsui is Kurayoshi Distillery's line of exceptional Single Malt. The range also includes a whiskey-based Umeshu.

The Matsui - Mizunara Cask, is a Single Malt distilled by Kurayoshi Distillery, located in Tottori Prefecture. This whisky is aged in Mizunara oak casks. Mizunara wood is as famous for its rarity as for its complexity to be worked. Today, Mizunara casks represent only 10% of the stock of aged whiskies in Japan. Its intrinsic qualities and the aromas it transmits are recognized by Japanese whisky lovers for its unique character. This oak takes 200 to 300 years to mature, it brings exceptional aromatic qualities. This variety of oak is found only in the forests of Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, north of Honshu. The Mizunara brings a honeyed woodiness that coats the whisky and brings an elegant length specific to this ageing. This whisky is reduced with fresh water from the snowfall of the Daisen Mountain range. The ageing takes place in Tottori prefecture, where nature is dominant and where temperatures vary greatly with the seasons (the angels' share corresponds to 3% of evaporation from the barrel).

Illustration:"Umezawa in Sagami province" by Katsushika Hokusai.