Nikka Taketsuru Non-Age Whisky Pure Malt 700ml
Artikelnummer: 0000 0000 00 4971Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt
Nikka Whisky
Masataka Taketsuru
De allereerste Japanse whiskymaker en oprichter van de Yoichi- en Miyagikyo distilleerderijen. Pure Malt blend. Deze Taketsuru Pure Malt heeft geen leeftijdsaanduiding maar over het algemeen wordt aangenomen dat hij zo’n 10 jaar oud is. Heerlijke blend met een flink aandeel sherry.
This Japanese whisky is named in honor of Masataka Taketsuru, who established Nika Whisky in 1934.
A tribute to Masataka Taketsuru, the father of Japanese whisky and founder of Nikka. This pure malt whisky is a blend of casks hailing from Nikka’s two distilleries in the north of Japan: Yoichi and Miyagikyo.
COLOUR
gold with pinkish hue
NOSE
Engaging. Fresh and fruity. Freshly pressed fruit juice comes to mind, a cornucopia of white fruit, peach notes and juicy grapes. It progressively opens up on fine amandine pastry notes, frangipane and biscuits. Italian all the way, like a panetone with raisins. The malted barley grows more present and plays off of the citrus aromas (clementine). A touch of oak and rustic notes (verbena, camomille) bring it all together.
PALATE
coffee, licorice, toasted oak, coffee grounds, a cigar slowly burning out ! Its surprising range is expressive to say the least, bordering on excessive. Vigorous, assertive and uncompromising. The peat is elusive and finds ways to assert itself without so much as a whisper.
FINISH
Licorice candy all the way. A refined bitterness quickly gives way to more integrated, medicinal aromas: camphor, eucalyptus. The finish eventually fades out on malted barley notes.