Matsui Shuzo The Matsui Sakura Cask Cask #326

The Matsui Sakura Cask Cask No. 326 is a single cask, cask strength single malt from Matsui Shuzo's distillery in Tottori prefecture, bottled in 2020 at 48% for the European market. Part of the same 2020 batch as Casks No. 319 and No. 318, this expression shares the sakura wood maturation that defines The Matsui range's most distinctly Japanese offering. No age statement is given, though the 2020 bottling date places the spirit within the house's early single malt production run.

Sakura, Japanese cherry wood, contributes a delicate floral sweetness and fresh fruit character distinct from any European or American oak. At cask strength 48% the spirit has texture and presence, but the sakura wood keeps the profile fragrant and light rather than heavy or resinous. The NAS format and small-batch single cask nature mean each cask has its own individual character, and Cask No. 326 represents one version of this unusual maturation from Tottori.