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Founded in 1923 by Shinjiro Torii, the founding father of Suntory, Yamazaki is officially the first single malt distillery in Japan. Chosen for its very different from climate from Scotland, Yamazaki area on the outskirts of Kyoto is renowned for the purity of its water sources.
 
Worthy heir of the Suntory expertise in distillation and aging, Yamazaki 12 year old single malt is subtle and elegant with rich fruit flavors. The complexity will delight all lovers and is ideal for beginners who want to begin with japanese whiskies.
 
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Coming to replace the classic range of Miyagikyo whiskies, the latest Nikka single malt perfectly transcribed the delicately malty and fruity profile, typical style of the distillery. Miyagikyo Single Malt blends whiskies of different ages, that a certain proportion was aged in sherry casks bringing roundness and gluttony to the final result.

Starting with a nose rather flowery and fruity delivering aromas of banana, tropical fruit, lime, white flowers, iris, all coated with a touch of honey, Miyagikyo Single Malt expresses its full power in the mouth revealing more spicy notes of ginger and cinnamon, but also some tasty notes of chocolate and liquorice. It finishes with spicy notes (cardamom), stewed fruits (apple, plum and lychee), and a delicate hint of tobacco leaves and roasted nuts.

Located in the heart of Miyagi Valley, a northern region of Honshu island renowned for its clean air and the quality of its spring water, Miyagikyo distillery produces a refined malt distilled in traditional pot stills or sometimes in column stills usually used for the distillation of cereals other than barley.

Real emblem of the brand, the Nikka From The Barrel is a whisky with a strong character. Its style is definitely japanese and it will captivate lovers and novices alike. Powerful by its "cask strength" bottling, but also intensely soft, fruity and complex revealing notes of apricot, lilac and clove at the beginning, and aromas of peach, apple caramel, honeysuckle, pepper and oak during tasting.

 
Nikka From The Barrel will leave in mouth a few fruity aromas of peach and plum which will dwarf gradually to give way to vanilla and woody notes that can be found in aromatic profiles of most of the Bourbon whiskeys.

Its firm, rich and round texture is the result of a mix between single malts from Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries and a unique single grain whisky.

Perfectly balanced and controlled, the Nikka From The Barrel comes with a stylish case designed to evoke origami, the traditional japanese art of folding paper.

Facing the Akashi Kaikyo bridge from which it takes its name, the small Kaikyo distillery, which started operating in 2018, offers you a taste of its future productions with Hatozaki Pure Malt whisky.

Coming from the master blender's mix between several barrels of imported single malts including Bourbon and Sherry casks but also some Japanese single malt barrels aged in Mizunara barrels, the oak endemic to Japan.

Uncoloured and unchillfiltered, Hatozaki Pure Malt expresses on the nose a rich profile of malt and dried fruit which is enriched on the palate with honeyed notes and a light touch of smoke that lingers until the finish.

Hibiki Japanese Harmony, the brand new Suntory whisky created by Suntory's chief master blender Shinji Fukuyo, is the latest expression of one of the most rewarded Japanese whiskies in the world. Expressing a great fruity and sweet universe, it delivers in the palate all its aromatic power in a round and slightly oily texture.
 
Famous throughout the world with its 12, 17, 21 and 30 year old versions, Hibiki comes this time in a true Japanese harmony expressed through a blend work of Yamazaki and Hakushu single malts and Chita grain whiskies. The recipe is made from 5 main ingredients ; single malts aged in American white oak barrels, Sherry, Mizunara casks, plus a smoky malt whisky made from peated barley, and grain whisky to connect all the elements together.

Hibiki Japanese Harmony can be enjoyed dry at room temperature in order to express its aromatic potential, but it can also be enjoyed in highball (with sparkling water and lots of ice) for a typical Japanese tasting experience !

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The White Oak distillery, located in the city of Akashi (Hyogo Prefecture), was the first to obtain a license for distilling whisky in 1919. Built in 1888 for the production of sake and shochu, at the beginning the distillery produced only blend whisky in a traditional way and especially reserved for the domestic market. Then the site was modified in 1984 to start producing whisky in bigger quantities. The Eigashima Shuzo Company owner of the distillery, produced since 2007 several single malt named Akashi.

It's a mixture of these different Akashi single malts that compose the Tokinoka which means "fragrance of time" in japanese. It is therefore not an old blended malt but an entry level one bottled at 40% in a little White Oak whiskies typical bottle form of 50 cl.

Its delicate fruity aromas make the Tokinoka an ideal whisky to begin with japanese whiskies.

Togouchi 9 year old is a blended whisky produced by Chugoku Jozo in the Hiroshima region. Its rather intense nose dispersing aromas of yellow fruits and sweet spices is found in the mouth with the appearance of fruity flavors of citrus. In the end, peat and smoke come together with fruity and spicy notes. The Master Blender of the House offers a more "malty" version with nearly 40% malted barley that reveals a body and a more assertive character than its little brother Kiwami.

Togouchi whiskies are specific in that they are only aged, blended, diluted in Japan and highlight the work of blending for the future productions of the Sakurao distillery. The aging of whisky casks imported from Scotland and Canada takes place in a unique site: a tunnel 361m long and dug in 1970 offering ideal conditions for maturation (constant temperature of 14°C and humidity of 80%). Part of their Japanese character is transmitted by the terroir through the spring water used for the reduction of the alcoholic volume which is drawn from the heart of the preserved mountains of the Sandankyo natural park.

Atypical whisky, mainly composed of corn and cereals, the Coffey Grain is a single grain distilled in the Miyagikyo's column stills or Coffey stills from the name of the scottish customs officer having perfected the still during the 19th century .
 
Usually used in the composition of the famous Nikka blends, grain whisky is rarely bottled as such. After the great success of its 50 cl version, Coffey Grain is now available permanently in the Nikka range in bottles of 70 cl.

Its fruity freshness and bouquet of aromas so different from single malts make the Coffey Grain a whisky amazing and attractive by its originality.

Suntory extended its permanent range of single malts with the brand new Hakushu Distiller's Reserve. Born of an unusual blend of aged whiskies and young whiskies but with surprising character, this whisky is the result of a 90 year old know-how, transmitted to the brand blenders.
 
Complex and sweet, Hakushu Distiller's Reserve is very attractive with its rich floral and fruity aromas ranging from citrus, mint and melon notes to lightly woody and smoky flavours. Very nice and refreshing, you can taste it dry or "on the rocks", but also the japanese typical way "highball" lying with sparkling water and decorated with a sprig of fresh mint .
 
For Suntory "age doesn't necessarily make the quality of a whisky", and inspired by this philosophy transmitted by the Torii family and its three generations of master blenders, the Hakushu Distiller's Reserve is a very strong connection between original and aged whiskies named "veterans" and younger but atypical and complex whiskies despite their age, called "young talents".
 
For this new single malt, the blenders team selected as "young talent" a Hakushu Lightly Peated whisky making roundness and freshness. The other two main ingredients are two "veterans", a Heavily Peated aged a dozen years for the typical smoky notes of the distillery signature, and a 18 year old "veteran" aged in american white oak which will give to the Hakushu Reserve Distiller's maturity and complexity.

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Kikusui is a rum distillery located south of the archipelago on the island of Shikoku in Kuroshio, a village in the east of the Kochi prefecture known as the oldest producer of sugar cane in Japan. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was even the biggest producer. With this important local production of sugar cane, Kikusui decided to developed a new rum : the Ryoma, a unic japanese rum inspired by foreign traditional techniques.

Made from freshly pressed cane, it's then put into oak barrels for aging seven years. Its rich and sweet texture and the romas of vanilla and caramel, typical of aged rums, make Ryoma an excellent rum that will appeal to lovers of caribbean rums.

Tokinoka Black is a blended whisky created by Akito Ueda, Master Blender of White Oak distillery, who gives us a new version of Tokinoka the blend emblem of the brand. Its rather more fruity nose with aromas of tropical fruits and notes of toasted oak, precedes an appealing mouth experience with the appearance of woody aromas and some notes of citrus.
 
Made from 50% malt whisky and 50% grain whisky aged in 3 different types of casks (Bourbon, Xeres and new oak), this version richer in malt presents a very nice roundness in the mouth and combines at the same time a spicy and creamy sharp side, with a soft and vanilla finish characteristic of Tokinoka.