Nikka Taketsuru 17 Year Old 70cl 43%

Description

Best Blended Malt in the World at the World Whiskies Awards in 2012, 2014 and 2018. This 17-year-old version pays tribute to Masataka Taketsuru, father of Japanese whisky and founder of the Nikka company. A blend of single malts from Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries aged in sherry casks.

Profile: Spicy and delicate, it is also fruity. Gourmand.

Born in 1894 into a family of sake producers, Masataka Taketsuru is considered the father of Japanese whisky. After training as a chemist, he was hired by Settsu Shuzo, who sent him to Scotland in 1919 for an apprenticeship. He bees passionate about whisky and decides to dedicate his life to it. In 1934, he built Yoichi, his first distillery, on the island of Hokkaido. His growing success allowed him to establish a second one in 1969 near Sendai: Miyagikyo. It is from the single malts of these two distilleries that the Nikka Whisky group offers its entire range of Japanese whiskies.