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70cl / 48% – The four chequered lines on the label symbolise the four distilleries used to create this complex whisky. A combination of corn and malted barley-based whiskies were made at Miyagikyo, Moji, Satsuma Tsukasa and the now closed Nishinomiya distillery. There are aromas of beeswax, chamomile and roasted corn on the nose, leading…
70cl / 47% / Distillery Bottling – The 2021-release of unpeated single malt from Nikka’s Yoichi distillery takes a turn from the distillery’s usual smoky character. Aromas of malted barley, acacia honey, garden herbs and ripe fruit fill the nose, complemented by notes of lively citrus, vanilla, malted barleys, aniseed, cream and roasted hazelnuts throughout…
75cl / 43% – A rare bottle of James Buchanan’s ‘Royal Household’ blended whisky, bottled for the Japanese market in the 1980s.
70cl / 40% – A sweet, fruity eight-year-old whisky from Shinju that is made with water from Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji. The palate offers notes of honey, ripe oranges, vanilla and soft oak that linger in the finish.
70cl / 49% – Shirakawa Distillery was built in the Fukushima Prefecture in 1939 and demolished in 2003. In 1951 it became one of the first distilleries in Japan to produce malt whisky and it continued to do so uninterrupted until 1969. In 2019, Single Malt Whisky from Shirakawa Distillery was discovered in a stainless…
70cl / 55.5% / Distillery Bottling – The third whisky to come out of Shizuoka distillery, Contact S is made with a combination of whisky from its ex-Karuizawa pot still and its wood-fired pot still, and matured for three years in first-fill bourbon and quarter casks. Aromas of apple juice, ripe mangoes, cream, caramel and…
40cl / 55.5% / Distillery Bottling – A pair of Japanese single malts from Shizuoka Distillery, an up-and-coming distillery that repurposed equipment from the now-closed Karuizawa distillery. Prologue K was made in an ex-Karuizawa still and matured in first-fill bourbon casks, creating notes of white peaches, vanilla, white pepper and fennel seeds throughout the palate….
20cl / 55.5% – One of a pair of Japanese single malts from Shizuoka Distillery, an up-and-coming distillery that repurposed equipment from the now-closed Karuizawa distillery. Prologue K was made in an ex-Karuizawa still and matured in first-fill bourbon casks, creating notes of white peaches, vanilla, white pepper and fennel seeds throughout the palate.
20cl / 55.5% – One of a pair of Japanese single malts from Shizuoka Distillery, an up-and-coming distillery that repurposed equipment from the now-closed Karuizawa distillery. Prologue W was made using a wood-fired still, know as Pot Still W, and matured in ex-bourbon casks, creating notes of honey, apples, apricots, lemon sponge cake and delicate…
70cl / 52.2% – The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has done a fantastic job of coaxing out all of Yoichi’s peat, fruit and maritime character. Expect notes of salted toffee, fresh citrus, poached apples and peat smoke, complemented by a hint of seashell and oak spice.
75cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – An old bottling of Springbank 10 year old. This is a rarely seen bottling for the Japanese market and is presented in the ‘dumpy’ bottle shape. We estimate was bottled in the 1980s.
75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – A rare edition of Springbank 8yo bottled for the Japanese market in the 1980s.
