Description
A Japanese Yoichi single malt distilled in 1989 and aged for 20 years, combining light and heavily peated malt with maturation in bourbon, new oak and sherry casks.
Yoichi
Yoichi 20 Year Old, Bourbon, New Oak & Sherry Cask, 1989, 55%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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Average Score
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Overall Rating
86.5/100
Great86.5 / 100
Based on 2 published Maltiply reviews.
- Nose
- Grapes, raisins, vanilla, graham, buttery pastries, apples, light sherry and subtle barbecue smoke.
- Palate
- Sweet grape juice, pepper, light smoke and peat, honey, caramel, soy and salted vegetables.
- Finish
- Sour malt, black pepper and grape juice, with the initial caramel sweetness fading.
Reviews
sunbeam_pebble4 Oct86 / 100
The named bourbon, new oak and sherry casks give useful context, but the notes don’t assign particular flavours to any one cask, so I’d avoid reading a specific cask signature into them. Grapes and raisins sit alongside vanilla and buttery pastries on the nose; the palate shifts toward pepper, light smoke and peat, with caramel and soy. The finish brings sour malt and black pepper as the initial caramel sweetness fades. That contrast makes for an interesting, if not entirely rounded, progression.
Nose: Grapes, Raisins, Vanilla, Graham, Buttery pastries, Apples, Light sherry, Subtle barbecue smokePalate: Sweet grape juice, Pepper, Light smoke and peat, Honey, Caramel, Soy, Salted vegetablesFinish: Sour malt, Black pepper, Grape juice, Initial caramel sweetness fading
bookshop.fox2 Sept87 / 100
55% ABV, with intriguing fruit.
Nose: No tasting notes yetPalate: No tasting notes yetFinish: No tasting notes yet
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Recently Sold
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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Jun 22, 2026SGD 2,954.53
- Region
- Japan
- Age
- 20 Years
- Vintage
- 1989
- Bottled
- N.A
- ABV
- 55%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Yoichi
- Origin
- Japan
- Cask type
- Bourbon, New Oak & Sherry
- Bottling
- Official Bottling
- Peated
- Peated
- Single cask
- No
- Non-chill filtered
- No
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- N.A
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- No
- Bottle count
- N.A
- Has box
- Yes
- Closure
- Screw cap
- Presentation
- Wooden box
- Series highlights
- N.A
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- Grapes, raisins, vanilla, graham, buttery pastries, apples, light sherry and subtle barbecue smoke.
- Palate
- Sweet grape juice, pepper, light smoke and peat, honey, caramel, soy and salted vegetables.
- Finish
- Sour malt, black pepper and grape juice, with the initial caramel sweetness fading.