A ten year old, elegantly peaty single malt from Nikka's beautiful Yoichi distillery in Hokkaido, where whisky is made as it used to be in Scotland with small direct-fired stills and matured in the finest wood the company can find. Bottled at 45% for extra oomph. On the face of it, this is expensive for a ten year old whisky, but it's well worth the money in quality terms.
A Perfect Measure sample bottle of 12 year old blended whisky from Hibiki, some of the whisky has been part-matured in plum liqueur casks. Lovely malt from Hakushu and Yamazaki, plus some aged grain from Chita, this terrific Japanese blend picked up the top prize in its category at the World Whisky Awards 2010.
A fantastic Japanese blend, made with aged malt and grain whiskies from Suntory's three distilleries. Spicy and sophisticated, this is great for catching people out at blind tastings. Recently awarded a Gold 'Editor's Choice' award from Whisky Magazine and picked up the top prize in its category at the World Whisky Awards 2010.
A perennial favourite and a must-try for anyone interested in discovering Japanese whisky. Hakushu is owned by Suntory, founders of the first Japanese distillery, Yamazaki. The original Hakushu distillery was built in 1973, with another distillery building called Hakushu Higashi (east) added in 1981.
Nikka Taketsuru 21 Year Old is an outstanding dram, so much so that it was awarded World's Best Blended Malt Whisky in the World Whiskies Awards 2010. This one has lots of lovely coffee and chocolate notes on the palate, and it is just divine.
The Taketsuru range is named after the founder of the Nikka Whisky Company, Masataka Taketsuru. The Taketsuru whiskies are a combination of single malt whiskies from Nikka's two distilleries, Yoichi and Miyagikyo. In the 17 year old, a high percentage of the whiskies have been aged in ex-sherry casks, resulting in a deep, rich, complex whisky with more than a hint of smoke and oak.
One of the first Japanese single malts to break into the UK market, Suntory's Yamazaki 12 Year Old continues to impress with its well-balanced fruity sweetness, something that appeals to novice and experienced whisky drinkers alike.
While maintaining the boldness of traditional Yoichi malt whisky, this blended whisky is distinguished by its soft palate. It offers whisky lovers a simple introduction to the superior quality of Yoichi malt whisky. This is a rare blended whisky, using malt whiskies distilled in 2000 and bottled in 2009 at cask strength.
"Tsuru" meaning crane in Japanese is a graceful bird with a long neck, the decanter has likenesses of the bird on the bottom half as well as, itself, having a long neck. This 17 year old Blend with its slightly woody note is an absolute must for every Japanese whisky lover.
Wakatsuru Shozou Distillery is one of the long established, but not well known Japanese distilleries. Wakatsuru Distillery obtained a license to distill whisky in 1953 and has been producing a small amount of whisky on and off since this time. This bottle is a 10-year-old whisky from the little known Wakatsuru Shuzou distillery in Toyama. This amazing whisky is the 2019 edition of their popular Moon Glow 10 Year Old. The liquid is smooth and full of many different interesting notes that excite your palate from first moment to last.
An exciting new release from the up and coming Akashi White Oak distillery that was matured for 3 years in a top quality sherry cask. Despite being quite young, this whisky brings a range of intriguing notes to the table, with the deliciously floral Akashi spirit combining perfectly with hints of dried fruits, sticky dates and cinnamon spice imparted by the sherry cask.
The White Oak distillery is perhaps the least known of Japan’ whisky producers. The distillery was founded by in 1888 to produce sake, and because of this, has a legitimate claim of being the country’s oldest whisky producer. In 1919, Eigashima Shuzo obtained a license to make whisky — four years before Yamazaki was built. This White Oak Akashi was matured in a bourbon barrel for 5 years. This is a first fill whisky, if you want to try something truly exotic with only limited number of bottles ever released, then this whisky should be for you!
Mars Komagatake Limited Edition 2019 is a Single Malt from the Mars Shinshu distillery, located in the Nagano region, at the heart of the Japanese Alps. This expression is a blend of ex-Bourbon casks, that have aged in the Shinshu warehouse, at 800 meters above sea level. A delicate whisky, with fruity notes.
Hibiki 21 years is an incredible blended whisky which has won many awards around the World, previously picking up the 'Best Blended Whisky' gong and Jim Murray has award it 92 points. Smooth sweet fruit flavours, dark wood and very complex, it's dangerously easy to drink!
After Suntory had set the Hibiki 17 years in the same month, the Hibiki Blender's Choice on the Japanese market. For this top blend only selected malt and grain whisky was used, with a minimum age of 15 years. What an absolute novelty with this blend, which was also used for the first time also whisky with red wine barrel finish!