Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt Whisky

Name: Buy Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt Whisky
Price: 75.99 USD
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$75.99

750 mL in size

Proof86 (43% ABV)

*Please be aware that this bottle’s ABV may fluctuate.

Aged in a variety of oak casks, this Japanese whisky is a union of single malts distilled at the Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries.

* Due to recent label changes by Nikka, there is still a possibility that you will receive a bottle that differs from the one shown in the picture because the original labels are being phased out. But don’t worry—regardless of the label, the liquid is the same.

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Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt Whisky

“The father of Japanese Whisky,” Masataka Taketsuru, was born in the Japanese village of Takehara in 1895. Masataka’s family ran a sake brewery at the time, so he attended Osaka Technical High School to study biology and chemistry in order to continue the family business. Masataka became the first Japanese person to learn the craft of whisky-making when he enrolled at the University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1918 after demonstrating a greater interest in whisky than sake after graduating from high school.

Masataka learned how to distill and blend whisky at some of Scotland’s most renowned distilleries while there by taking chemistry classes during the day and working as an apprentice at distilleries at night. After returning to Japan in 1920, Masataka created the nation’s first single malt whisky in just ten years.

Masataka established Nikka Whisky Co. after relocating to Yoichi in 1934. Approximately 35 miles west of Sapporo City, Nikka’s Yoichi Distillery is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the north and mountains to the east, south, and west, providing a distinctive and remote setting for the making and aging of single malt whisky. A rich and masculine malt is produced by the clean air, humidity, and underground water that is filtered via a layer of peat.

Masataka started looking for another suitable area in Japan to open a distillery in 1960, as the Yoichi Distillery was filling up. Masataka found a broad woodland valley at the confluence of the Hirosegawa and Nikkawagawa rivers after a three-year search. The Nikkawagawa River’s water quality and the natural humidity from the nearby hills and rivers made the ideal site for a second distillery, which he called Miyagikyo.

A blend of nikka whiskey from the barre single malt whiskies produced in the Yoichi and Miyagikyo Distilleries is known as Nikka Taketsuru Japanese Pure Malt Whisky. Taketsuru Pure Malt Whisky is made by vatting all of the whiskies together after they have been distilled and matured for an average of ten years in different kinds of wood casks. This vatting gives Taketsuru Pure Malt a delicate, flowery scent with hints of papaya, green fruits, lemon, and brown sugar. On the palate, there are hints of nutmeg and clove along with notes of caramel, almonds, toasted nuts, and custard. There are notes of cocoa, peat, and wood in the rich, full-bodied finish.

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Notes on Tasting

Green fruits, papaya, lemon, and brown sugar are among the notes in this delicate, flowery scent. On the palate, there are hints of nutmeg and clove along with notes of caramel, almonds, toasted nuts, and custard. There are notes of cocoa, peat, and wood in the rich, full-bodied finish.

Concerning Japanese Whisky

Even though it might not be the first spirit that comes to mind when someone mentions Japan, the Japanese produce some of the best whisky in the world. Although it has softer, more delicate aromas, it is strongly inspired by scotch.

Japanese whisky has only been around for a hundred years, yet in that short time, Japanese single and blended malts have swept the globe and are now able to compete with whiskies from all around the world.

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