Nikka Taketsuru 21 Years Japanese Pure Malt Japanese Blended Whisky 43.0% Vol. - old bottling from the Worlds Best Blended Malt for the japanese market!
With the great 21 years Nikka Taketsuru Japanese Pure Malt Whisky, you are treating yourself to one of the special whiskies named after Masaka Taketsuru that stand for 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 matured in oak casks for no less than 21 years. The Nikka Taketsuru 21 Years Pure Malt is a blend of Yoichi and Miyagikyo single malts, has a powerful amber colour and is characterised by its variety of aromas and excellent balance. The flavour is full of ripe fruit in beautiful harmony with the fine aromas of oak. This gives the blended malt its depth and a wealth of flavours - an absolutely first-class, long-lasting and extraordinarily multi-faceted Japanese blended malt whisky that impressively demonstrates the great art of whisky composition from Nikka.
Founded in 1952 by Masataka Taketsuru in Hokkaido, Nikka is now a subsidiary of Asahi Brewing and the second largest whiskey 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 whiskey distillery. The art of distilling whiskey 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. Nikka whisky is characterised in particular 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.
A special 21 years Taketsuru Pure Malt Blended Whisky from Nikka for connoisseurs, collectors and enthusiasts, which has won several gold awards at the World Whiskies Awards in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015 as well as being named World's Best Blended Malt Whisky several times and is without question the pinnacle of blended malt whiskies.
Here is the version of a rare old Japan releaese from the importer LMDW in the tan gift box.
- 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
- District: Japan - Honshu
- Typ: Blended Malt Whisky (Yoichi und Miyagikyo Single Malts) - Distillery Bottling
- Age: 21 years old
- Cask Wood Type: Sherry and Oak Casks
- Alcohol ABV% 43.0
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / chill filtered
- Packaging original boxed
- 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, number unknown - production stopped, old and rare Japan release!
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