Japanese Dram of the Day: Yamazaki 10 year old Japanese Single Malt Whisky

Distilled and bottled at Yamazaki, the oldest distillery in Japan.

Tasting notes…


The whisky is a Brilliant Gold in colour with a medium body as it moves in the glass


On the nose dry fruits, spicy malt combine with the cinnamon and vanilla aromas


The palate has Nutmeg with Cinnamon a slight fennel seed adds a bitter sweet dimension


The finish follows up the palate with the spicy drynes however with a  hint of vanilla and honey sweetness. (M)

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Nikka All Malt Japanese Whisky

This version is the result of a vatting of Yoichi and Miyagikyo single malts with a whisky made with 100% malted barley, and distilled in coffey stills.

Color; old gold with golden highlights.

Nose : lively and mineral. Animal (leather and smoked meat) and lightly smoky (tobacco and ashy). Develops along a theme of fresh grass and ripe fruit (apple).

Palate; rich and delicious. After a burst of rich, liqueur-like softness which is at odds with the liveliness of the nose, ripe fruit (sultanas) notes develop alongside an increasing oiliness (sunflower oil).

Finish; soft and licquoricey, with distinct notes of precious wood and spices (clove). Concentrated.

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Hibiki Japanese Blended Whisky 12 year old 43%

A superior blend of Suntory's original malt whisky is matured in a plum liqueur cask together with a variety of malt and grain whiskies. The artistry of blending combined with bamboo charcoal filtering makes this whisky silky smooth to the palate.

Hibiki Japanese Blended Whisky 12 year old 43% Tasting notes :-

Colour :- Amber, tinged with gold.

Nose :- Plums, raspberries, pineapples, honey, vanilla.

Palate :- Extremely smooth and soft.

Finish :- Long and clean, sweet, spicy.

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Yamazaki Sherry Cask Japanese Single Malt Whisky 48%

Water: Underground water from Mt.Tennoh

Yamazaki Distillery was the first whisky distillery built in Japan (1923). The first domestic whisky "Suntory Shirofuda" (blended) went on sale in 1929. 

The tannins and polyphenols contained in the Spanish oak casks leach into the whisky, imbuing it with a darker reddish hue than North American white oak casks could ever provide.

Tasting notes :-

Colour : Deep bronze
Aroma : Raisin, cacao, roasted sesame seeds, butter
Taste  : Sweet, slightly sour, slightly bitter
Finish  : Sweet and sour, pleasantly bitter, lingering.

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Hibiki Japanese Blended Whisky 12 year old

A superior blend of Suntory's original malt whisky is matured in a plum liqueur cask together with a variety of malt and grain whiskies. The artistry of blending combined with bamboo charcoal filtering makes this whisky silky smooth to the palate.
Tasting notes :-

Colour :- Amber, tinged with gold.
Nose :- Plums, raspberries, pineapples, honey, vanilla.

Palate :- Extremely smooth and soft.

Finish :- Long and clean, sweet, spicy.

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Suntory "Yamazaki", 12 year old 43% Single Malt Whisky

The vale of Yamazaki at Tennozan Mountain on the outskirts of Kyoto was the birthplace of Japanese whisky. The malt whisky produced at this Yamazaki Distillery, with a tradition dating back to 1923, has slept through a long cycle of Japan's colourful seasons, the brighness of Spring, the luxuriant green of Summer, the vermilion foliage of Autumn and the white blanket of Winter.
Pure Malt Whisky "Yamazaki" uses only 100% malt Whiskies at least 12 years old,
Radiant and noble, its flavor is full-bodied and mellow, and the distinctive woody taste of mature malt induces a pleasant, lingering aftertaste.
We suggest that you first try it straight.

Colour; Gold

Body: Medium

Nose: Fragrant Cedar wood, golden honey, spiced cloves and candied orange peel

Palate: The spiced wood arrives first then dried cranberries with a lasting muddle of orange marmalade and honey sweetness.

Finish; Long lasting with woody overtones.

Awards

International Wine & Spirits Competition. Silver 2006

San Francisco World Spirits Silver 2005

International Spirits Challenge 2003. Gold Medal winner.

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Suntory "Hakushu" 12 year old Single Malt Whisky 43.5%

Single Malt Whisky from Suntory's Hakushu Distillery, surrounded by forest at the foot of the Southern Japan Alps.
Suntory Hakushu 12year old Japanese Single Malt Whisky tasting Notes..
Hakushu means "white sand banks" named after the mineral depoists in the streams that feed the distillery.

The Distillery is the highest in Japan.

Matured in American Oak puncheon.

Colour:- Golden

Aroma:- Fragrant forest leaves and citrus

Body:- Medium

Taste:- Creamy, fruity and rounded palate.

Finish:- Long, dry and slightly smoky

Awards:- IWSC 2006 Silver best in Class

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Suntory "Yamazaki" 18 year old Single Malt Whisky 43%,

Yamazaki Distillery was the first whisky distillery built in Japan (1923). The first domestic whisky "Suntory Shirofuda" (blended) went on sale in 1929.

The distillery is situated at the foot of Mt. Tenzan on west-east of Kyoto where three rivers meet to form the River Yodo just south of the distillery. The well water in this district is famous for its good character despite its location between the two big cities of Osaka and Kyoto.

Yamazaki 18 year old Japanese single Malt Whisky Tasting Notes..



Colour: Copper Gold

Nose: At first the richness of the sherry and raisins fill the nose then it’s the rich dark maraschino cherries and finally coffee cream chocolate.

Palate: Dark chocolate, rum and raisin toffee with dark coffee beans.

Finish: Long and rich.

Awards

International Wine & Spirits Competition Trophy Winner 2008

International Spirits Challenge 2007. Gold Medal Winner.2007

San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold Medal Winner 2005

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Nikka's Yoichi Distillery Japanese Single Malt Whisky.

Nikka's Yoichi distillery on Hokkaido was founded by Masataka Takesuru in 1934, born into a Sake-brewing family he left Japan for Scotland in 1918 to study chemistry and whisky making at Glasgow university.
He returned in 1923 with a Scotish wife and a deep desire to create Japanese whisky on the island of Hokkaido. His employer Kotobukiya, his employer insisted that the best location for the distillery would be close to the major urban areas on Honshu so Yamazaki (Suntory) was established with Takesure in charge.

His Vision of a northern distillery on Hokkaido never left him. There was peat, oak and the island climate was similar to Scotland. In 1934 he left Yamazaki to set up his own distillery six years later the first whiskies arrived from the Yoichi distillery

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