Naked Yiwu 001

// Published April 4, 2022 by mgualt

Apr 4, 2022 5g/85ml gaiwan, Toronto filtered tap.
4 years @ 32C storage in Mylar.

Wood smoke on dry leaf and wash, but not in the wet leaf. Pleasant, rich/sweet clean aroma. Light orange first steep. Somewhere around 15s first and second steeps.

  1. light orange, sweet woody taste, not smoky, slightly oily. a bit savoury. Not nearly as smoky as WS Zipin, but smokier than DTH 2006 Yiwu. Sweet aftertaste, some frisson and warmth beginning.
  2. Darker orange now. More chopped material than Zipin, and higher compression. Strong sweetness, honey sweetness. Resinous afteraroma. Staring. Quite strong impact. Even after 4 years of heated storage, this is striking me as the same as when I first bought it. I reckon the compression keeps the core dry and aging slowly.
  3. The base taste is quite interesting, a kind of roasty sweet woody strength with a whisky profile. And I notice that the astringency is quite low in early steeps – was this the case a few years ago? Not sure.
  4. Strong heating, astringency starting to show in the longer steeps (30s). Frisson and slow-moving waves, very pleasant.
  5. bittersweet stiff medicinal aspect is persisting, quite strong aggressiveness, but giving major heating and sweet aftertaste.
  6. Less red, less oxidation than Zipin, seems to have greener processing and higher compression. Strong effect on breathing and vision. Clarity and focus. Heat. Strong heat.
  7. Frisson continues for quite a while, energy moves around a lot, mood uplifting, feels very good. Clear vision and quiet thoughts.

Has quite a whisky profile, not peated, and not sherried, just a more neutral oak barelled whisky. Warm and sweet taste. Strong heat and frisson. Quite perfumed, resinous complex floral perfume. In comparison, Zipin has a stronger smoky/woody taste and a much more savoury main body, whereas the NY001 has more of a sweet and bittersweet main body and a much less forward smokiness. The material is very Dayi-ish in style – medium and small leaves, coarsely chopped. Here the WS Zipin (and the DTH) have much better looking material. The processing is a bit similar to the Dayi peacock series cakes from 2005, and totally unlike any of the boutique producers. It will age for a long time, and could probably benefit from breaking up a cake into small chunks and storing it with a 69% mylar in a warm spot for a while. 7.4

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