Miyagikyo 15 year old Single Malt 45%

Notes - In 1918 Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka Whisky, embarked on a long voyage to Scotland and, after enrolling at Glasgow University, became the first Japanese person ever to study whisky making. He took chemistry courses at the university and apprenticed at distilleries, learning first-hand from craftsmen and received training as a blender. Masataka would later become known as a master blender. After returning to Japan in 1920 Masataka began work for a company who would produce Japan's first whisky. In 1934, Masataka struck out on his own and established Nikka Whisky and built its first distillery in Yoichi, Hokkaido, which he had always considered to be the ideal site in Japan for whisky-making. This was later joined, in 1969, by the Miyagikyo Distillery, also in northern Japan. The Miyagikyo Distillery is in Sendai (lat.38 N), Miyagi Prefecture, northern Honshu. Masataka came upon this site whilst travelling in the local area. The distillery is completely enclosed by mountains and sandwiched between two rivers - a perfect site for whisky distilling. Sendai's fresh water, suitable humidity and crisp air produce soft and mild malt. This single malt whisky features a full and mature nose with an essence of the cask reminiscent of cacao nuts. It is characterized by a deep, mature sweetness and richness that expand softly and fragrantly, and by the soft and smooth tang of its palate.
 
     

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