Akashi Single Malt 5 year old Red Wine Cask

Akashi Single Malt 5 year old Red Wine Cask is a whisky produced by Eigashima - White Oak distillery located in southern Japan on the shores of the Seto Inland Sea. Its greedy nose expresses aromas of brown sugar and fruity yellow fruits. Then at the palate it is an intense aromatic bouquet that will be revealed with notes of caramel, tannins and a slight bitterness. The finish will be frank and woody.

For this limited vintage, the Chef Blender of the House has carefully selected a few single malts aged for 4 years and a half in Cognac casks, then transferred them to French red wine barrels for a maturing of 10 months. Akashi Single Malt 5 year old Red Wine Cask is bottled uncolored and unchillfiltered, with an alcoholic strength of 50%.

Relatively unknown, White Oak distillery is nevertheless part of the history of Japanese whisky by being the first distillery in Japan to obtain a distillation license in 1888. However, it is only in 1919 that the discontinuous production of a malt spirits began and in 1984, a totally new facility dedicated to whisky production was established at the Eigashima site.