Known historically as both a sake brewery and shochu distillery, Matsui is recognized the world over for whisky production thanks to its Kurayoshi Distillery. Utilizing over a century of brewing, distilling, and blending experience, Matsui continues adding greater variety to the landscape of Japanese whisky while simultaneously maintaining their own house style, which is captured beautifully in this 3pc gift set. Each set contains one 200ml bottle each of three outstanding single malt Japanese whiskies produced by Matsui Whisky in Tottori, Japan and distilled from 100% malted barley in Japanese copper pot stills at the famed Kurayoshi Distillery. Here’s what’s inside:

• Sakura Cask Whisky: An incredibly bright nose of strawberry and red apple is grounded by earthy aromas of minerals, wet clay, and young wood; the palate is fruity and floral, with apple notes leading subtle cacao, vanilla, cherry blossom, and oak tannins
  
  
• Mizunara Cask Whisky: Aged in coveted Mizunara oak casks, it contains aromas of candied pineapple, palo santo, and sweet cedar transition to a silky palate bursting with stone fruit—peaches, plums, and mangos—and toasted cereal grain on a long finish of pineapple fiber, apricot, and white tea
  
  
• The Peated: Leather, charred oak, damp forest floor, and a touch of vanilla greet the nose before progressing to a light, oily palate of cherry tobacco, toasted cinnamon, and freshly cut white oak with burnt marshmallow, pine resin, and white pepper on the finish