Nikka Yoichi 10 Years

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The Yoichi 10yo is a real gem for all the people who love eastern whisky. In the Single Malt World Cup 2005 this whisky was selected the best with contesters from Scotland, Ireland, and Japan. Won the Best Japanese Single Malt at the World Whisky Awards 2011.

Nose: Plummy fruit is almost last amid a sea of salty, peaty malt. An enormous bouquet but amazingly well restrained, especially the oak. The sweetness is charming, and appears to depend on the smoky skeleton of the aroma. Quite breathtaking, fresh and truly fabulous. Taste: A massive peat surge is immediately countered by an oaky driyness. But soon the peat returns in a kippery, salty style. Massive and chewy with an ever-increasing oiliness and sweetness. Finish: Remains oily to the death with a crescendo of spice that dies off to allow wave upon wave of cocoa and that massive, chunky peatiness to cling to the roof of the mouth. Colour: Amber with gold reflection. Comment: This is how a single cask should be: enormous and complex yet showing exactly what the distillery has to offer. Huge and uncompromising, this is a true classic among the world's single malts; just about unparalleled as a Japanese whisky. Nikka Yoichi was marked the highest score in "THE WORLD'S WHISKY TASTING(3 continents, 47 brands, 62 judges)"in "WHISKY MAGAZINE",

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