Nikka Taketsuru 21 Years Non-Chill-Filtered Limited 80th Aniversary-Edition Pure Malt Blended Whisky 48.0% Vol. - one of 3.000 Bottles to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of Nikka!
The 21-year-old Nikka Taketsuru Non-Chill-Filtered 80th Anniversary Limited Edition Pure Malt Blended Whisky is a blend of Yoichi and Miyagikyo single malts and was bottled without chill-filtration at 48.0% vol. in the year 2014 in a limited edition of 3000 bottles.
ounded in 1952 by Masataka Taketsuru in Hokkaido, Nikka is now a subsidiary of Asahi Brewing and the second largest whisky producer in Japan. Taketsuru, whose family has run its own sake distillery in Japan since 1733, emigrated to Scotland in 1918 to study chemistry at the University of Glasgow. During his studies, he worked in a nearby whisky distillery. The art of distilling whisky fascinated the young student so much that he decided to export it to his native Japan to make his fortune, and he was successful. Taketsuru created his first own brand in 1940 and finally made his big breakthrough in the 1960s after winning several awards. The Nikka whisky is characterised by its fruity character and balanced taste with a long finish. For its production, the master distiller combined outstanding whiskies from the Nikka Group distilleries to create a creation with a stunningly complex flavour. The Nikka Taketsuru 21 Years Japan Pure Malt Whisky is one of the special whiskies named after Masaka Taketsuru and is a special treat. The 21-year-old Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt Whisky is named in honour of the company founder Masataka Taketsuru. It has a full, balanced body with plenty of elegance and has been aged in oak casks for no less than 21 years. The Nikka Taketsuru 21 Years Pure Malt 80th Anniversary Limited Edition is a blend of Yoichi and Miyagikyo single malts, is not chill-filtered, has a powerful amber colour and is characterised by its variety of flavours and excellent balance. The flavour is full of ripe fruit in beautiful harmony with fine aromas of oak wood. This gives the Taketsuru blended malt its depth and a wealth of flavours - an absolutely excellent, long-lasting and extraordinarily multi-faceted Japanese blended malt whisky that impressively demonstrates the great art of whisky composition from Nikka. A special whisky from Nikka for connoisseurs, collectors and aficionados, which has won several gold awards at the World Whiskies Awards in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015 and has been named World's Best Blended Malt Whisky several times, making it the pinnacle of blended malt whiskies. This is one of the few examples still available from the limited edition celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Nikka distilleries, which was sold out within a very short time in an edition of just 3000 and is now one of the most sought-after whiskies from Japan.
- Limited Non-chill-filtered Edition 80th Anniversary from Nikka
- 2015 World Whiskies Awards, Best Japanes Blended Malt Whisk 21 Years and over
- 2012 World Whiskies Awards, Best Non Scotch Blended Malt Whisk 21 Years and over
- 2011 World Whiskies Awards, World's Best Blended Malt
- 2010 World Whiskies Awards, World's Best Blended Malt
- 2009 World Whiskies Awards, World's Best Blended Malt
- 2008 World Whiskies Awards, Best Non Scotch Blended Malt Whisk
- 2007 World Whiskies Awards, World's Best Blended Malt
- Nose: firm, lively! A great mixture of almond paste, flowers (iris, honeysuckle), citrus (lemon, orange) and salt, it is particularly powerful. It develops with vanilla, new oak, menthol and fresh tobacco notes, Finally, gentian gives it a pleasant bitterness
- Palate: sweet, balanced, spicy (clove, nutmeg), growing in intensity. Praline and nuts (almond, cashew nut) calm the harsh flavours. This gives way to ripe fruit (pear, apple), vanilla and exotic fruit (pineapple, persimmon).
- Finish: long, tender. Languishing on freshly cut grass, star anis and green liquorice. The peat is all but a memory.
- Colour: old gold with a green highlight
- Typ: Blended Malt Whisky (Yoichi und Miyagikyo Single Malts) - Distillery Bottling
- District: Japan - Honshu
- Vintage: 1992-1993
- Age: 21 years old
- Year bottled: 2014
- Cask Wood Type: Sherry and Oak Casks
- Alcohol ABV% 48.0
- Bottling Series: 80th Anniversary of Nikka Limited Edition
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / non chill filtered
- bottle without box
- Producer/Importer: The Nikka Whisky Distilling Co., LTD, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8616 - Japan / La Maison Du Whisky, 8-10 Rue Gustave Eiffel, 92110 Clichy - France
- Country of Origin: Japan
- limited, one of 3000 bottles - rare collector´s whisky!
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