Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt

Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt

Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt 70cl 43% vol. is the declared ageless version of the Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt line. A blended malt with much of the whiskey from the Miyagikyo distillery and completed with distillate from Yoichi. The whiskey has matured around 10 years in different types of barrels, including sherry casks to give it that extra layer of complexity.

The Nikka Distillery

Since its founding in 1934 by Suntory's first master distiller, Masataka Taketsuru, Nikka Whiskey Distilling Company has become the second largest whiskey producer in Japan, offering a wide range of single malts from its two distilleries and a range of acclaimed blendeds worldwide.

The company owns two distilleries; the first, founded in 1934 in Yoichi, Yoichi Distillery and the second Miyagikyo Distillery in Miyagiken.

Matasaka Taketsuru is known as the father of Japanese whiskey. Masataka was born into a family dedicated to the production of Sake, and determined to continue and take over the family business, he studied chemistry in Japan until in 1918 Scotch whiskey caught his attention. Thus Masataka undertook a voyage of discovery to Scotland, becoming the first Japanese to study whiskey. During his stay he studied organic chemistry at the University of Glasgow and acquired perspective and the importance of artisanal work working as an apprentice in different distilleries.

In 1923 he returned to Japan with vast knowledge of the world of whiskey and a Scottish woman. That same year, the first whiskey distillery in Japan, Suntory, was inaugurated as master distiller and co-founder. Soon after, Masataka becomes independent and creates his own distillery in 1934, Nikka.

Tasting notes and interesting information from Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt

Country: Japan.

Region:

Style: Blended Malt.

Aging: Blended composed mainly of whiskey from the Miyagikyo distillery and completed with distillate from Yoichi. The whiskey has matured around 10 years in different types of barrels, including sherry barrels to give it that extra layer of complexity.

Nose: Red fruit soaked in sherry, cereals with honey, pepper and wood.

Mouth: Soft and fruity in the mouth, with notes of sherry with a smoky touch.

Finish: Persistent, fruity end, wrapped in a light smoky.

La Llar del Vi Recommendation:

An excellent, subtle and complex Japanese blended malt at the level of many single Scottish malt.