Japanese Whisky

The Nikka whisky is a combination of single malts from two distilleries, Yoichi distillery, located on southern Hokkaido island and Miyagikyo distillery, located in Sendai, northern Honsku. It is also a blend of rich grain whisky, distilled in a Coffey still located at Miyagikyo distillery. All the whisky used has been aged for between 8-20 years in a variety of casks. The final blend is then aged in barrels for a further 6-8 months. Masataka Taketsuru has produced a powerful, rich whisky with toasty oak and peppery spice ...

Hibiki 12 year old is a blended Japanese whisky, with malt whisky sourced from Suntory’s Yamazaki and Hakushu distilleries, grain whisky from China distillery and several other whiskies from different Japanese distilleries. The parcels of whisky are aged in a variety of casks, including bourbon, sherry and Umeshu Casks (plum liqueur casks) and filtering is carried out using bamboo charcoal. The Hibiki 12 year old appears bright amber with a mix of dried fruits, including orange peel, plum, raspberry and honey ...

The Hibiki 17 year old is a Japanese blended whisky from malt and grain whisky, with a minimum age of 17 years. The malt whisky is sourced from the Yamazaki and Hakusku distilleries, with the grain whisky from Chita distillery. The whisky is aged using various types of casks, including Mizunara casks - rare Japanese oak, as well as ex-bourbon casks and ex-sherry casks. The whisky is filtered through bamboo charcoal and bottled at 43% abv. The 17 year old appears amber with an overture of fruit, from peach to melon ...

Hakusku Distillery is Suntory’s second distillery, established in 1973; the distillery is one of the highest in the world. Located amidst the forests of Mt. Kaikomagatake in the Japanese southern Alps. The Hakusku 12 year old blends a batch of unpeated whisky with a heavy peated whisky, both distilled at Hakushu distillery and with the same type of Malt. The blended whisky is then aged further in Mizunara Oak, American oak and Spanish Sherry Casks for a minimum of 12 years.

The Yamazaki distillery is Japan’s oldest, established in 1923 by Suntory’s founder Shinjiro Torii. Located in the Vale of Yamazaki at the foot of Mt. Tennozan, where three rivers meet, Katsura, Uji and Kizu. The whiskey is aged in a combination of Japanese mizunara oak barrels, bourbon casks and sherry casks, bamboo charcoal filtered and bottled at 43% abv. The 12 year old appears pure gold with cinnamon and honey, interwoven with orange, peach and vanilla on the nose.

Nestled proudly on the periphery of Kyoto, at the foothills of Mt. Tennozan. This unique misty region, where three rivers meet, Katsura, Uji and Kizu, where water and mountains offer abundance and diversity. Where the 18 year old is aged in oak casks from three different countries, Japan, America and Spain for a minimum of 18 years and the whisky is bamboo charcoal filtered, Yamazaki Distillery lies, the birthplace of Japanese whisky. The whisky itself appears coppery bronze in colour with raisins and apricot ...