Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt Japanese Whisky 700ml

The Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt series was released in honour of the founding father of Japanese whisky and the Nikka Whisky Co - Masataka Taketsuru. A true visionary and pioneer of the whisky industry in Japan, he learned his trade working in Scottish whisky distilleries in the early part of the 20th Century before returning to Japan in 1920 to put the skills he had learned into practice. He opened his first distillery Yoichi in 1934 and his second, Miyagikyo, in 1969.

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"... How can a whisky stay this complex for so long? How many different cocoa and mocha notes can there possibly be? Classy" - Jim Murray, Whisky Bible