NIKKA YOICHI Single Malt 45% - 2 glasses Gift Box

Nose : Aromas of candied fruit, liquorice and spices, giving way to a very beautiful complex and floral aromatic palette.

Palate : Balanced and powerful, spicy, smoky, with notes of fresh fruit and peat.

Finish : Very supple and dense, with very present notes of ripe fruit, with great maturity and a very nice length on the finish.

AWARDS

Silver Medal International Spirits Challenge 2013

Silver Medal, International Spirits Challenge 2012

Bronze Medal, International Spirits Challenge 2008

Silver Medal, International Spirits Challenge 2007

Silver Medal, International Spirits Challenge 2006

World's Best Single Malt, World Whiskeys Awards 2001

THE BRAND

Born in 1894 into a family of sake producers, Masataka Taketsuru is considered the godfather of Japanese whisky. After training as a chemist, he was hired by the Settsu Shuzo company which sent him to Scotland in 1918 for an apprenticeship. He developed a passion for whisky and decided to devote his life to it. In 1934, he built Yoichi, his first distillery, on the island of Hokkaido. Its growing success enabled him to establish a second in 1969 near Sendai, Miyagikyo. It is from the single malts produced by these two distilleries that the Nikka whisky group produces its entire range of Japanese whiskies.

THE DISTILLERIE

Yoichi is a whisky distillery located in Japan founded in 1934 by Masataka Turetsuru, the father of Japanese whisky. The location of the distillery was carefully thought out by its creator so that the climatic conditions are similar to those of Scotland. The production of whisky did not begin until 1936 and the commercialisation took place from 1940, under the name of Nikka Whisky. This distillery belongs to the mythical Japanese group Nikka.