Description
A brand of pure malt Japanese whiskies produced by the Nikka Distilling Co. They contain whisky from its Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries and the label was launched in 2000 to honour company founder, Mastaka Taketsuru.
Taketsuru
Taketsuru Pure Malt 12 Year Old, Sherry Cask & Bourbon Cask, Batch No. 10C30B, 40%
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TypeBlended Malt Whisky
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- Region
- Japan
- Age
- 12 Years
- Vintage
- N.A
- Bottled
- N.A
- ABV
- 40%
- Volume
- 66cl
- Distillery
- Taketsuru
- Origin
- Japan
- Cask type
- Sherry Cask, Bourbon Cask
- Bottling
- Official Bottling
- Peated
- Lightly Peated
- Single cask
- No
- Non-chill filtered
- N.A
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- N.A
- Batch
- 10C30B
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- No
- Bottle count
- N.A
- Has box
- No
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- Standard bottle
- Series highlights
- Taketsuru Pure Malt Series
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- Floral, blood oranges, juicy grapes, spices, stained oak, plum jam, cut herbs, rhubarb pie, vanilla ice cream, cold coffee, barley, dried fruit, fresh out of the oven dinner rolls, cloves, malt, citrus (orange, grapefruit), juicy pear, light herbaceous notes, hint of peat, banana, vanilla sandalwood, chamomile, roasted grains, cinnamon, coffee.
- Palate
- Caramel candy, white chocolate with almond slivers, apple, grapes, concentrated malt, spice explosion, sweet and oily, apple cider, cinnamon sticks, buttery toffee, almond, salty butter, custard, malt, fresh apples, pears, honey, mild vanilla, sweet malt, firm body, green tea, ginger, citrus (grapefruit), cream, wood, orange rind, cassia buds, chocolate, honeyed sweetness, peat smoke, red berries, oak spice.
- Finish
- Medium length, strong distinct oak, coffee, leather, cinnamon, good length, creamy, digestive biscuit, rhubarb crumble, clean, dry, fairly short, slightly honeyed, very mild smoke, mellow oak and peat notes, warm with a short, sharp and bitter finish, caramel, malt, sweet and spicy with cherry, chocolate, mocha and toasted aromatic spices, orange truffles, salted honeycomb, light, oak tannins, herbal peated malt, toasted roasted grains.