Nikka Yoichi 15 Years Japanese Single Malt Whisky 45.0% Vol. - one of the best Japanese Single Malts from Nikka!
The rare and great 15-year-old Nikka Yoichi Japan single malt whisky comes from the famous Yoichi distillery near Sapporo in Japan, a place made famous by winter sports. Masataka Taketsuru, founder of the Nikka distillery and forefather of Japanese whisky, was born in 1894 into a family that had been successful in the production of sake since 1733. His first employer sent him to Scotland in 1918 to learn working techniques, distillation processes and experience in whisky production. A few years later, he returned to Osaka and built Japan's first whisky distillery, thus becoming the pioneer of the now globally successful Japanese whisky industry. In 1934, he decided to go his own way and search for the ideal location for the perfect Japanese whisky. Nikka owns two distilleries: Miyagikyo on Honshu and Yoichi on Hokkaido, where Nikka's headquarters are also located. The whisky is produced using copper stills and the traditional Scottish method of coal-fired production. A production method that is currently an exception even in Scotland. After the elaborate production process, the 15 years Nikka Yoichi Japan Whisky is matured in selected bourbon, new oak and sherry casks for fifteen years until it is fully matured.
This fine Japanese single malt whisky from the Yoichi distillery, aged and matured for 15 years or more, impresses with its mature and rich nose and smooth and silky taste with a voluminous character that has a variety of flavours. Notes of peat, fresh light-coloured fruit and nuts can be detected on the nose. Floral components round off the aroma spectrum. The palate reveals a powerful, oily body with a slight sweetness and a hint of salt. Hints of pepper and chocolate give this 15-year-old Nikka from the Yoichi distillery that certain something and make it a special flavour experience. The finish is long-lasting, powerful and yet elegant. Chocolate, mocha and citrus fruits leave a lasting impression. The renowned whisky expert Jim Murray ranks the Nikka Yoichi single malt whisky among the six great malt whiskies of this world.
A special Japanese Yoichi single malt whisky and a rare expression for connoisseurs, discerning whisky collectors and lovers of exclusive Japanese whiskies.
- gold medal at the 2009 and 2010 International Spirits Challenge.
- 95 points from Whisky Advocate
- Nose: fresh and soft, it is marked by subtile fruit notes (white peach) on a thick peat base. When aired, it reveals a pleasant softness combining aromas of nuts (pecan), varnish, and dried grass (hay, tobacco leaves)
- Palate: unctuous and oily, it brings to mind the sweet and sour notes of barley sugar and salt. Suave, it develps with flowers, mentholated aniseed, spices (clove, pepper) and chocolate
- Finish: elegant, a bitter chocolate and mocha taste emerges, as well as notes of coffee and citrus fruit (orange). It finishes with fresh fruit notes (white pear)
- Colour: amber with a rose and copper highligth
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Japan
- Age: 15 years old
- Cask Wood Type: Bourbon-, New Oak- and Sherry Casks
- Alcohol ABV% 45.0
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- coloured / chill filtered
- Packaging 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, number unknown - production stopped
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