Nikka

Nikka Single Cask Malt Whisky 20 Year Old, American Oak & Sherry Cask, Cask #117483, 2006, 60%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 43
Average Score
Avg 95
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Description

The Nikka whisky company was founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, with the creation of his Yoichi distillery on the island of Hokkaido. Arguably the "grandfather" of Japanese whisky, Taketsuru learned his trade studying Organic Chemistry at The University of Glasgow in 1918, before apprenticing at Longmorn, and laterally Hazelburn distilleries. With humble beginnings, producing apple juice and c ...

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Cask type
American Oak & Sherry Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
117483
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
Yes
Closure
Driven Cork
Presentation
Box
Series highlights
Yoichi Single Cask
Historical context
N.A
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Rich and elegant, with layers of dried fruit, dark chocolate, tobacco, oak, earthy peat smoke, roasted nuts, maritime salt, cedar wood, cigar boxes, old leather, hints of dried mushrooms and spices, incense.
Palate
Deep and complex, sherried sweetness, caramelized nuts, leather, cinnamon, smoky oak, balance of peat and dried fruit, punchy, savoury, leathery, walnuts, roasted pecans, deep earthy peat smoke, pepper, liquorice, anise, dark chocolate, silky, honeyed, graphite, light ash, rancio, sour fruit.
Finish
Long, warming, luxurious, lingering smoke, spiced oak, dark cocoa, touch of salty brine, smoky and chocolaty with traces of dry oak, residual sweetness, graphite, lemon.
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