Japan

The J.B.A whisky is blended and bottled from the original barrels at the whisky cave and its distinctive flavour and delicate mellow taste are perfectly matured. In cooperation with the Japan bartenders association. The best bartender’s choice! Distilled in 1957 and released in January 1967 after 10 years of maturation.

A fragrant and lightly spiced Isawa blended whisky created at the Monde Shuzo distillery in Japan.

Karuizawa 1972 vintage, bottled in 2008. This is a limited release of 528 bottles.

Nikki 40 was released in 2014 to celebrate Nikka’s 80th anniversary, and has a malt-to-grain ratio of 70% to 30% with the malts coming from Nikka’s Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries. The casks used in the blend include a 1945 cask of Koichi (the oldest in Nikka’s inventory) and a 1969 Miyagikyo cask.

The Nikka Box a.k.a. 6 Pillar of Nikka is a limited edition of 500 sets, introduced September 30, 2014 in honour of Nikka’s 80th anniversary. The Nikka Box is a pure and elegant case, inspired by the origami art of paper folding, and the himitsu-bako: a secret message box which was once used by the samurai. It embodies...

Black Nikka was launched in 1965 as Nikka’s top-class blended whisky – top-class at the time, that is. It was incredibly popular throughout the following decades, but in response to changing drinking habits, Nikka introduced a new, lighter version in 1997, the “Black Nikka Clear Blend”. This was a cleaner blend with a non-peated malt ba...

Intense fruit aromas characterize the younger malts of the Miyagikyo distillery. Smooth and delicious, light yet intense, this no age statement Single Malt bottling is a fine whisky to enjoy before a meal, and a fine introduction for those new to Japanese whisky. This is the old presentation, 500ml, bottled at 43%

The 12 year old Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt contains a blend of the best single malts aged at least 12 years coming from the Yoichi and Miyagikyo distillery. This expression is no longer in production and has been replaced by a NAS version.

The 17 year old Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt contains a blend of the best single malts aged at least 17 years coming from the Yoichi and Miyagikyo distillery. The Nikka Taketsuru 17 years has received the prestigious title of World’s Best Blended Malt for the second time at the World Whiskies Awards 2014

Taketsuru 21-year old is a mind-blowing Pure Malt whiskey from award-winning distiller Nikka.

The 21 year old Taketsuru Pure Malt Non-Chill Filtered, produced to commemorate the 80th birthday of Nikka, is a blended malt, a blend of the best single malts aged at least 21 years coming from the Yoichi and Miyagikyo distillery. This limited edition of 3000 bottles was launched in 2014 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Nikka.

The 25 year old edition of Nikka’s Taketsuru blended malt whisky is a very rare sight – it was first released in 2012, and only 120 bottles were made available in Europe. The Taketsuru expression was named in honour of the company’s founder, Masataka Taketsuru, made with malt whiskies from the Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleri...

Nikka’s Yoichi 10 year old is a very well made single malt from Japan. Yoichi is the jewel in Nikka’s crown, their 10 year old offering notes of vanilla and fruit. One batch of this received 93 points in the Jim Murray Whisky Bible.Oak Cask.

Yoichi 20 years old is a powerful whisky distilled in Nikka’s oldest distillery, released in 2008 after aging for two decades on Oak Cask.

Suntory Gold is a blend of sherry-matured whiskey, distilled in Yamazaki, bottled in the 1960’s.

This is the discontinued version of Hakushu 12 years old, bottled at 43,5% whilst the current version has been downsized to 43%.

Hibiki, Japanese for resonance, was introduced in 1989 as a no-age expression, in honour of the 90th anniversary of Suntory. This is the 12-year old version which seems to have been discontinued im favour of another nas release.

Hibiki, Japanese for resonance, was introduced in 1989 as a no-age expression, in honour of the 90th anniversary of Suntory. This is the 17-year old expression.

Suntory Old is a blend which was introduced in the 1940’s and remained in production until recently; we do assume it has now been discontinued.

Suntory Yamazaki 10-year old blended malt was the youngest expression of Suntory’s Malt range; discontinued in 2012 due to the increasing demand for older Yamazaki’s.